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Atlantic Yards Condemnation Litigation Continues

By Steven Silverberg and Katherine Zalantis

Last year we reported on the case of Goldstein v Pataki, 516 F3d 50 [2008] involving the proposed condemnation of property in Brooklyn, New York in order to build the so called Atlantic Yards Project which includes a huge residential and commercial development along with an arena for the New Jersey Nets. This week the Appellate Division, First Department (In re Develop Don't Destroy (Brooklyn) v. Urban Development Corporation) again addressed claims by property owners alleging that the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) had not been adequately followed and that the project does not involve an appropriate public project within the meaning of the various governing statutes including the Eminent Domain Procedures Law. In dismissing the claims the court made far reaching findings which are best recited in the court?s own words...continue to full post

Full post as published by New York Zoning and Municipal Law Blog on February 27, 2009 (boomark / email).