2009-07-03T18:15:38.000-08:00 Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn contact@developdontdestroy.org http://www.dddb.net/ http://www.dddb.net/php/latestnews_Linked.php?id=2162 2009-07-03T08:57:10.000-08:00

http://www.dddb.net/php/latestnews_Linked.php?id=2161 2009-07-02T19:02:23.000-08:00

So, if the renderings of the Barclays Center Hangar were not Bruce Ratner's quotintentions for the projectquot what were they and what are his intentions? And if he still doesn't know what his arena is going to look like (if that is true) how can he claim, with a straight face, that he's breaking ground this fall? Anyway... It seems pretty clear that City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden is not pleased with Atlantic Yards at all.

http://www.dddb.net/php/latestnews_Linked.php?id=2160 2009-07-01T08:48:08.000-08:00

More news coverage of the eminent domain case going to the Court of Appeals: Atlantic Yards project faces roadblock from New York State Court of Appeals By Erin Durkin.

http://www.dddb.net/php/latestnews_Linked.php?id=2159 2009-06-30T17:57:04.000-08:00

Last week Ratner was looking for $586 million in bonds to fund his arena. In one week it has risen to $650 million. It's a sign of uncertainity and a disorganized corporation. Charles Bagli reports on the news that the Court of Appeals will hear the Atlantic Yards eminent domain case: State8217s Top Court Will Hear Appeal Against Atlantic Yards NY Times.

http://www.dddb.net/php/latestnews_Linked.php?id=2158 2009-06-30T12:47:26.000-08:00

Press Coverage from today's news that the Court of Appeals will hear argument on the Atlantic Yards eminent domain casegt Forest City Ratner wasn't expecting this: New Uncertainty for Atlantic Yards as Court of Appeals Takes Eminent Domain Suit Eliot Brown - New York Observer ...Just after the May 15 appellate court decision last month in the developers favor, Forest City seemed to be working under the assumption that the project opponents would be unsuccessful in their final appeal.

http://www.dddb.net/php/latestnews_Linked.php?id=2157 2009-06-30T06:38:46.000-08:00

For Immediate Release: June 30, 2009 Atlantic Yards Eminent Domain Case To Be Heard By New Yorks High Court Property Owners and Tenants Will Argue Their Case Against the Empire State Development Corporation In October Read the press release.

http://www.dddb.net/php/latestnews_Linked.php?id=2156 2009-06-29T21:06:16.000-08:00

Norman Oder is the first to find the small print: Public hearing set for July 29 amp 30 arena due 2012, 25 years to get Phase 2 started An Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) legal notice, which takes some three-quarters of a page in today's New York Post announces a public hearing on the Atlantic Yards Modified General Project Plan to be held from 2-5 pm and 6-8 pm on July 29 and July 30. The location: the Klitgord Auditorium (285 Jay Street) of New York City Technical College, where the epic 8/23/06 hearing on Draft Environmental Impact Statement and General Project Plan was held. Speakers will be limited to three minutes.

http://www.dddb.net/php/latestnews_Linked.php?id=2155 2009-06-29T06:41:39.000-08:00

The Times editorial board chooses to opine about the tangent missing the much larger picture of the MTA giveaway to Ratner and the bigger Atlantic Yards boondoggle: After five years of trying, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has sold the naming rights to a subway station.

http://www.dddb.net/php/latestnews_Linked.php?id=2154 2009-06-27T06:02:42.000-08:00

The Daily News editorializes that wow, isn't Atlantic Yards great and isn't it great that it can now push forward. But why believe anything that paper's editorialists say when they can't get simple facts correct in a 4 paragraph editorial:...After five years, the defeat of 23 lawsuits and an economic meltdown, he is pushing to start the $4 billion development's first component: an 18,000-seat arena, home to the Nets and a major entertainment venue. ...Uhm, it is a $4.9 billion project, having gone up somehow after being "value engineered." And there have been 6, yes 6, lawsuits over six years, DDDB organized 4 of them and 2 are still pending.

http://www.dddb.net/php/latestnews_Linked.php?id=2153 2009-06-26T19:57:59.000-08:00

GlobeSt.com's Cody Lyon does an excellent job of re-telling this past week's mini-series of re-approvals of Atlantic Yards by the MTA and ESDC. Lyon takes the time to seek comment from the Regional Plan Association, ESDC and even Bloomberg's people (no answer from them).Check it out: Despite MTA Nod, Atlantic Yards Saga Still Unfolds.