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Bruce Ratner

Public Security in Brooklyn: A Systemic Failure of Common Sense

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 01.06.2010 | New York

Read More: Empire State Development Corporation, Prudential Center, Barclays Center, Barclays Center Arena, Governor Paterson, Newark, George Will, Terrorism, Bruce Ratner, Nypd, Atlantic Yards, Esdc, New York News
Daniel Goldstein

Right now the only security plan that exists for the proposed Atlantic Yards Nets arena in Brooklyn is a five-inch curb and some cameras to take pictures.

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Daniel Goldstein, Atlantic Yards Critic, Watches Neighborhood Destruction

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 01.04.2010 | New York

Read More: Atlantic Yards, Forest City Ratner, Barclays Center, Eminent Domain, Daniel Goldstein, Nets, Brooklyn Nets, Bruce Ratner, New York News

NEW YORK — On many mornings, Daniel Goldstein wakes to the sound of work crews demolishing the neighborhood around his Brooklyn apartment. Every...

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Freddy's Bar To Chain Patrons To Bar To Fight Atlantic Yards Land Grab

Runnin' Scared | By Camille Dodero (4:43PM 09/21) | Posted 12.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Atlantic Yards, Atlantic Yards Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Freddy's Bar, Bruce Ratner, New York News

Freddy's Bar manager Donald O'Finn says the bar will have a chain-fastening at "high noon" on Sunday to protest the Atlantic Yards land grab....

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Forest City's Longshot Bond Issue in Brooklyn

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 12.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Forest City Ratner, Mayor Bloomberg, Eminent Domain Abuse, Appellate Court, Basketball Arena, Brooklyn, NJ Nets, Blight, Forest City Enterprises, Atlantic Yards, Basketball, Mta, NY State Senate, Bond Issue, Eminent Domain, Goldman Sachs, Bond Buyer, Columbia University, NYC Budget, Ratner, FInancial Markets, Bruce Ratner, Pilots, Urban Development, Gov. Paterson, Developdontdestroybrooklyn, Barclays Plc, New York News
Steve Ettlinger

As Forest City Enterprises markets bonds for Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn -- which includes the most expensive basketball arena in the country -- I'm struck by how tenuous the whole thing is.

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Home, Blighted Home

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Blight, Atlantic Yards, Daniel Goldstein, Eminent Domain, Bruce Ratner, Columbia University, Keloprospect Heights, New York News
Daniel Goldstein

I put my toe in the real estate market. I asked friends what should I be looking for, and they all said the same thing, "You gotta find something in a substandard and insanitary neighborhood."

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Governor Paterson's New London

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Eminent Domain, Governor David Paterson, Kelo, Daniel Goldstein, New York Court of Appeals, David Paterson, Eminent Domain Abuse, Brooklyn, New London, Bruce Ratner, Atlantic Yards, Pfizer, New York News
Daniel Goldstein

While considering a Nets arena in Brooklyn, Paterson ought to pay attention to the ugly eminent domain saga in New London. That so-called "economic development" is now acres of vacant lots.

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Atlantic Yards Can Be Seized For Nets Arena Using Eminent Domain: Court

AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Mikhaul Prokhorov, Brooklyn Nets Arena, Eminent Domain Abuse, Nba, Bruce Ratner, Atlantic Yards Case, Nets Arena, Atlantic Yards, Real Estate, Eminent Domain, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's top court ruled Tuesday that the state can use eminent domain to force homeowners and businesses to sell their propert...

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An Open Letter to the People's Billionaire, Mikhail Prokhorov

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, Atlantic Yards, Villa Leopolda, Brooklyn, Mikhail Prokhorov, Barclays Center, Bruce Ratner, New York News
Daniel Goldstein

We don't want the Barclays Arena for the Nets built on top of our Brooklyn neighborhood and our homes. It's a crooked deal -- so crooked you could see the crookedness from Moscow, or even Alaska.

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Ratner: Atlantic Yards Is Not a Public Project

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Atlantic Yards, Daniel Goldstein, Eminent Domain Abuse, Eminent Domain, Public-Private Partnerships, Bruce Ratner, New York News
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?

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Wrong Way PILOTs Would Crash into Atlantic Yards

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Forest City Ratner, Atlantic Yards, Tax Exempt, Irs, Pilots, Bonds, Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner, New York News
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.

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A Pileup of Lawsuits Slams Atlantic Yards

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Brooklyn, Atlantic Yards, Atlantic Yards Brooklyn, Eminent Domain, Eminent Domain Abuse, Mta, Esdc, Empire State Development Corporation, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, Dddb, Bruce Ratner, Ny Supreme Court, Acorn, David Paterson, Michael Bloomberg, New York News
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?

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Nets May Move to Newark Before Brooklyn

Joe Territo | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Newark, Brooklyn, Prudential-Center, Cory Booker, Mikhail Prokhorov, Bruce Ratner, New Jersey Nets, Atlantic Yards, New York News
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.

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Rent A New Jersey Net For $25,000

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

Read More: Rent-a-Net, Sports, New Jersey Nets, Bruce Ratner, Atlantic Yards, Basketball, Nba, New York News

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....

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Tens of People Breathing Easier on Atlantic Yards Issue

Matt Rodigheri | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Mike Bloomberg, Atlantic Yards, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mayor Bloomberg, Development, Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner, Slideshow, Forest City Ratner, Architecture, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, New York News
Matt Rodigheri

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

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You Too Can Be a Business-Savvy Mayor!

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Campaign 2009, William Thompson, Mayoral Campaign, Michael Bloomberg, Campaign Finance, Forest City Ratner, Bloomberg LP, New York Republicans, Bruce Ratner, New York Jets, Atlantic Yards, Snapple, Bill Thompson, New York News
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.

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

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Barclays Center, New Jersey Nets, Forest City Ratner, Onexim Group, Atlantic Center, Mikhail Prokhorov, Bruce Ratner, Atlantic Yards, Russian Oligarchs, New York News

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...

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

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

Read More: Frank Gehry, Atlantic Yards Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner Atlantic Yards, Bruce Ratner, Brooklyn Basketball Arena, Nets Basketball Arena, Atlantic Yards, Shop Designs, Ellerbe Becket, New York News

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

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Bloomberg Talks Atlantic Yards, Public Drinking In New Interview

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

Read More: Brooklyn Paper, Atlantic Yards, Mayor Bloomberg, Frank Gehry, Michael Bloomberg, Bruce Ratner, New York News

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...

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Atlantic Yards Opponents Appeal To Be Heard

Curbed | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York

Read More: Bruce Ratner, Brooklyn New York, Atlantic Yards Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Ratner, Atlantic Yards, New York, New York News

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...

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Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards Deal Sweetened By MTA

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

Read More: Atlantic Yards Project, New York Mta, Atlantic Yards Brooklyn, New York City, Bruce Ratner Atlantic Yards, Bruce Ratner, Mta, New York, Atlantic Yards, New York News

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...

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