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Atlantic Yards Watch: Groups Sue To Block Nets Arena

AP | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Opponents of the Brooklyn arena planned for the New Jersey Nets have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a state agency's approval of...

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.

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...

Michael Bloomberg, Mikhail D. Prokhorov To Face Off For New York's Best Billionaire Title

nytimes.com | JAMES BARRON | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York


Maybe the incumbent billionaire Mike and the new billionaire Mike, the Russian oligarch who is poised to become the principal owner of the New Jersey ...

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


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...

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...

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.