Local groups victorious as judge slams Empire State Development Corporation...
Today, New York State Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman ruled that the New York State Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) acted illegally in 2009 when it approved changes to the Atlantic...
View ArticleEmpire State Development Corporation and Forest City Ratner to fight court...
BROOKLYN, September 13, 2011: Today, BrooklynSpeaks announced that the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) and Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC) have served notice that the two plan to fight...
View ArticleWhat ESDC must do now to make Atlantic Yards work for Brooklyn
Construction of the Barclays Center arena is moving ahead, but the completion of Phase I and all of Phase II of the Atlantic Yards project risks being significantly delayed. Sadly, the promises of...
View ArticleBrooklynSpeaks sponsors file response to ESDC and FCRC appeal of court order...
BROOKLYN, January 14, 2012: On Friday, January 13, BrooklynSpeaks sponsors filed legal documents in response to an appeal by the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) and Forest City Ratner...
View ArticleBrooklynSpeaks sponsors fight to uphold court order to revisit 2009 Modified...
On Tuesday, February 14 at 2:00 PM, BrooklynSpeaks sponsors will return to court to argue against an appeal of a July ruling ordering the Empire State Development Corporation and Forest City Ratner...
View ArticleAppellate Division agrees that 2009 Atlantic Yards plan was approved illegally
In a unanimous decision, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court today found that Justice Marcy Friedman correctly ruled in July 2011 that the Empire State Development Corporation’s...
View ArticleA missed opportunity to lead, and the back of its hand to the affected...
When Forest City Ratner Companies approached the Empire State Development Corporation in 2009 seeking an additional 15 years for the development of the Atlantic Yards project, the agency had two...
View ArticleNew York State Court of Appeals denies ESDC and Forest City Ratner appeal of...
In a final defeat for the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) and Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC) in their attempt to illegally extend construction of the Atlantic Yards project from 10 to...
View ArticleCommunity leaders and elected officials demand ESDC study restoring Atlantic...
BROOKLYN, February 27, 2013: In advance of a public hearing on a draft scope of work for a court-ordered environmental review of 2009 changes to the Atlantic Yards project which extended its...
View ArticleBrooklynSpeaks statement on the Draft Scope of Work for the Atlantic Yards SEIS
On Thursday, March 14, 2013, public comments on the Draft Scope of Work for the Atlantic Yards Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement were due to the Empire State Development Corporation. A...
View ArticleState court decision acknowledges misrepresentations by ESDC may have enabled...
In a decision issued yesterday, New York State Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman confirmed what many observers of the Atlantic Yards project have long suspected: if the Empire State Development...
View ArticlePublic Hearing on the Atlantic Yards DSEIS is your chance to demand promises...
When: Wednesday April 30, 2014 from 5:30 PM. to 9:00 PMWhere: Long Island University, 75 DeKalb Avenue, Room HS107In 2009, sponsors of BrooklynSpeaks filed suit against the New York State Empire State...
View ArticleESDC's DSEIS preserves Forest City's right to delay Atlantic Yards, ignores...
It is an outrage that ESDC has produced a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the Atlantic Yards project nearly five years after it was required. If properly prepared at the time of...
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