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Atlantic Yards Holdouts Reach Agreements

NEW YORK CITY-The eight remaining residents living in the footprint of the Brooklyn mega-project have reached agreements with Forest City Ratner Cos.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on April 21, 2010

NEW YORK CITY-Forest City Ratner Cos. said Wednesday it has reached agreements with the last remaining residential holdouts still living in the project footprint of its Atlantic Yards mixed-use development, all of whom faced eviction. Agreements with seven of the residents were announced Tuesday afternoon, with the project’s most vocal critic, Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn founder Daniel Goldstein, reaching a separate agreement on Wednesday.

Goldstein is not named in the FCRC statement, which identifies him as “the remaining resident residing in the project’s footprint,” but in a DDDB statement he confirms published reports that he has agreed to vacate his condominium by May 7 in exchange for a $3-million payment. He has also agreed to step down from his role as spokesman for DDDB, which has opposed the project since 2004, and has also removed his name from the last lawsuit pending against the project.

However, Goldstein says he remains a member of DDDB and will continue to speak out against the project. He also disputes a characterization of the payment as a “sale” of his condo, noting that the property was seized by the state last month.

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