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Judge Okays Atlantic Yards Land Seizures

NEW YORK CITY-A Brooklyn Supreme Court judge has rejected all 14 motions brought by opponents of the mega-project; Atlantic Yard's foes say they'll keep fighting.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on March 01, 2010

NEW YORK CITY-”The Atlantic Yards project has had a long and tortuous history, including numerous court challenges in several forums,” a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge wrote Monday. Justice Abraham Gerges made this observation in the course of turning back one of these challenges; he ruled Monday in favor of the state in its December 2009 petition to seize properties within the footprint of the $5-billion Brooklyn mega-project.

Gerges’ decision found “no merit” in any of the 14 motions brought by homeowner Daniel Goldstein and local businesses to halt the Empire State Development Corp.’s use of eminent domain on behalf of developer Bruce Ratner and Forest City Ratner Cos. Among other things, opponents argued that Atlantic Yards would enrich FCRC without providing a public benefit. However, Gerges in his ruling supported the ESDC’s contention that “there is no support for the assertion that the project will unjustly enrich Ratner or FCRC.”

Monday’s ruling follows a decision this past November by the State Court of Appeals upholding the ESDC’s authority to use eminent domain on the contentious project. But in the view of Atlantic Yards opponents, including Goldstein’s group Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, neither the high court’s ruling nor Gerges’ decision represents the last word, and DDDB says it will keep fighting.

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