Atlantic Yards

Ratner: Atlantic Yards Is Not a Public Project

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


Daniel Goldstein

What else, besides a private project, could you call a plan that has been run and controlled by a private entity while it is completely dependent on public resources and government actions?

Wrong Way PILOTs Would Crash into Atlantic Yards

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York


Daniel Goldstein

Imagine the city told you, that instead of paying property taxes on your home you could take the equivalent of the tax you would pay and use it for your mortgage. Not a bad deal...for the homeowner.

The Specter of Condemnation: What Isn't Public Use?

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York


Daniel Goldstein

Most observers wouldn't consider luxury condos and a privately owned basketball arena with lucrative naming rights accruing solely to the developer -- Atlantic Yards -- to be a "public use."

A Pileup of Lawsuits Slams Atlantic Yards

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York


Daniel Goldstein

Where are the charges of frivolity when it comes to Ratner's, Bloomberg's and Paterson's hardheaded goal of building the most expensive arena in history, in the middle of a recession and housing crisis?

Nets May Move to Newark Before Brooklyn

Joe Territo | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York


Joe Territo

The Nets attracted large crowds to two preseason games that they played in Newark and as a result are interested in playing regular season games there.

Rent A New Jersey Net For $25,000

The New York Observer | Reid Pillifant | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York


For $25,000 you can get courtside tickets to 10 games and, for one hour, you can have a Nets player at your beckon call....

Tens of People Breathing Easier on Atlantic Yards Issue

Matt Rodigheri | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Matt Rodigheri

A slideshow from the Saturday March by Develop, Don't Destroy Brooklyn.

You Too Can Be a Business-Savvy Mayor!

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Jarrett Murphy

Maybe you want what Bloomberg's got: the NYPD guards, the keys to Gracie Mansion, the $1-a-year salary. Are you cut out for it? Take this quiz and find out.

A Bad Deal for the MTA and Its Riders

Gene Russianoff | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York


Gene Russianoff

NYPIRG's Straphangers Campaign joined in a lawsuit this week objecting to the rotten deal that the MTA struck this past June for the rights to build over the Vanderbilt Yards in Brooklyn.

Empire State Development Corporation: Making Money Off Eminent Domain In Atlantic Yards Case

The Real Deal | Gabby Warshawer | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York


The last remaining legal hurdle Atlantic Yards faces is a Court of Appeals hearing later this month on the project's proposed use of eminent domain. I...

Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian Billionaire, Becomes First Foreign NBA Owner

AP | TOM CANAVAN | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Russia's richest man has a deal to buy a controlling interest in the New Jersey Nets and nearly half of a project to build a new aren...

Mikhail Prokhorov Offers To Buy New Jersey Nets; Russian Billionaire Would Pay For Barclays Center

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 09.22.2009 | New York


The richest man in Russia, Mikhail Prokhorov, has offered to take the New Jersey Nets off the hands of developer Bruce Ratner and other team sharehold...

Atlantic Yards Designs: A Look Back At The Six-Year Saga

The New York Observer | Eliot Brown | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York


On Wednesday, developer Bruce Ratner unveiled new designs for his planned Nets basketball arena in Brooklyn, an Ellerbe Becket and SHoP-designed compl...

Forest City Ratner Releases New Design For Nets Arena In Brooklyn

Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) -- A new design for the Brooklyn home of the New Jersey Nets features weathered steel and glass, with a canopy that juts out like the bi...

Bloomberg Talks Atlantic Yards, Public Drinking In New Interview

The Brooklyn Paper | Ben Muessig | Posted 09.26.2009 | New York


Mayor Bloomberg said on Monday that Atlantic Yards would be a better project if Bruce Ratner would bring back Frank Gehry's much-hyped designs for the...

Saving Small Businesses, The Brooklyn Way

Jim Luce | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Bob Zuckerman does not want to wait for the economic stimulus package to drip down to Brooklyn's quickly emptying storefronts.

Bricks, Mortar, Bloomberg, Moses

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 09.18.2009 | New York


Jarrett Murphy

When you add all that's been proposed, planned and built under this administration, it's hard to think of another figure since Moses who has presided over as significant an effort to reshape the physical city as Bloomberg has.

Atlantic Yards Faces More Uncertainty With Court Of Appeals Decision

The New York Observer | Eliot Brown | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York


The Court of Appeals, New York's highest court, has agreed to hear an eminent domain case over Atlantic Yards, the new arena being built in Brooklyn f...

Atlantic Yards Opponents Appeal To Be Heard

Curbed | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York


In a somewhat surprising decision, the state's highest court has decided to hear the appeal filed by Atlantic Yards opponents in the eminent domain c...

New York Buildings: Eyesores Or Landmarks? (SLIDESHOW/POLL)

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York


New York City is known for its architecture, but with great successes come great failures. For every Statue of Liberty of Chrysler Building, there is ...

It's Atlantic Yards "Push" Week!

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 07.26.2009 | New York


Steve Ettlinger

The State Senate isn't the only place where leaders are messing with our minds this week.

NYC Mayor Race To Focus On Housing & Development

Our Town | Our Town | Posted 07.25.2009 | Home


When it comes to housing and development, New York City often devolves into a war zone. The battle over Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, defeated plans fo...

Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards Deal Sweetened By MTA

New York Daily News | Erin Durkin | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York


Under a new agreement unveiled Monday, Ratner will pay just $20 million upfront - with the other $80 million spaced out over 21 years. Read more: htt...

Online News is Not Arianna Huffington's Dastardly Plot to Destroy the Newspaper Industry And Other Reality-Based Observations

Jane Hamsher | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media


Jane Hamsher

John Kerry's Senate Committee hearing on the future of journalism evidently turned into a bunch of self-congratulatory wanking about how important newspapers are to our American way of life.

Voluntary Slavery

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.20.2009 | Style


Michael Henry Adams

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