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December 23, 2010
The Daily Bulletin Year in Review
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Atlantic Yards makes a few appearances in the Eagle's round-up of "top legal, judicial and courthouse news stories of 2010."
JANUARY
• Homeless people in Brooklyn attempt to arrest developer Bruce Ratner related to the use of eminent domain to take land for the multibillion-dollar Atlantic Yards project that Ratner is constructing for the Brooklyn/New Jersey Nets NBA basketball team.
...MARCH
• New York state takes ownership of the land inside the footprint of Atlantic Yards via eminent domain, after Justice Abraham Gerges finalizes a Court of Appeals ruling that the taking is constitutional. Several days later, several floors of the courthouse are evacuated (see photo) as Justice Gerges is sent an envelope filled with suspicious white powder, later to be found inert.
...NOVEMBER
• In an unexpected decision regarding the Atlantic Yards project, a Manhattan judge rules that the discrepancies between the project’s timelines warrant the granting of a motion to reargue the case concerning the environmental impact statement. Though the project is not expected to stop construction, it is a rare victory for Atlantic Yards opponents and allows the continuance of many years of litigation.
NoLandGrab: "Unexpected?" Maybe by the Ratner-idolizing Eagle.
Posted by eric at December 23, 2010 9:25 AM