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September 20, 2010
Forest City Ratner Wants Kids To Get Off Their Damn Mall
Gothamist
Straight from the "Get-off-of-our-lawns" files: Forest City Ratner, developers of the huge Atlantic Yards project, doesn't want groups of teens hanging out around the Atlantic Terminal mall they operate in Fort Greene. The mall has a policy that groups of four or more people under 21 years old and unaccompanied by a parent are not allowed to linger at the mall. According to Jesse Tron of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the policy is unusually harsh, “more all-encompassing” than others around the country, and “more restrictive” of young shoppers.
...Some teens contacted Councilwoman Letitia James, who represents the area; she allegedly wrote back, "I am meeting with management next week to resolve this illegal ban."
NoLandGrab: And all this time, we thought the way to deal with crime was to use eminent domain.
Posted by eric at September 20, 2010 10:04 AM