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For Immediate Release: January 11, 2008
NY State Supreme Court Rules for ESDC in Atlantic Yards Lawsuit
Project Cannot Move Forward While
Federal Eminent Domain Case Is Pending
Community Plaintiffs Plan Appeal
NEW YORK, NY — New York State Supreme Court Judge Joan Madden has ruled against
26 community groups led by Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB) in their challenge
to the Empire State Development Corporation’s (ESDC) environmental review and
approval of Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project. The case had been filed in April 2007.
"We believe that the decision was wrongly decided and we are determined
to appeal and win," said Jeffrey S. Baker ( Young,
Sommer,Ward, Ritzenberg, Baker & Moore) lead attorney for the community
plaintiffs.
“We are disappointed by the court’s ruling. But let’s be clear: Atlantic
Yards cannot move forward while the thirteen plaintiffs—homeowners, business owners
and tenants—are in federal court in a separate case challenging
New York State’s unconstitutional use of eminent domain. We expect to prevail
in that lawsuit, as well as on the appeal of today’s decision,” said
DDDB spokesman Daniel Goldstein.
“The concerns raised by the lawsuit still remain. And our elected leaders who
understand those concerns, must gird themselves to bring more pressure to bear
on Governor Spitzer, now that we’ve had this legal decision,” said DDDB legal
Director Candace Carponter. “With the project in financial jeopardy, the real
estate market treading in such troubled waters, and with a pending eminent domain
lawsuit, it is time to rethink the Atlantic Yards project. It is time
for the Bloomberg and Spitzer administrations to come back to the community and
work to implement a development plan that can work, rather than one that is floundering
and faces overwhelming community opposition. As Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff
recently said, this project should come under local review, not state review.”
All case files and the court’s ruling are here:
http://www.dddb.net/FEIS
Posted: 1.11.08
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