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12 16 10:	ESDC Board Approves Grants Leveraging $690 Million in Private Investments to Retain and Create Jobs Across New York State
9 17 09:	ESDC Board Affirms the Modified General Project Plan for Atlantic Yards
9 09 09:	ESD Announces That Preliminary Review Process For Barclays Center Arena Has Been Completed
6 23 09:	ESDC Board Adopts Amended General Project Plan for Atlantic Yards

                                                

STATEMENT BY EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT ON ATLANTIC YARDS CONDEMNATION RULING - March 1, 2010
"ESDC is pleased with the recent ruling on the Atlantic Yards condemnation hearing by Justice Gerges of the Brooklyn Supreme Court, and is looking forward to moving ahead with a project that will bring an arena, open space, affordable housing, transportation improvements and thousands of jobs to Brooklyn.
 
The streets condemned by ESDC will be closed as of 6:00 am, Monday, March 8, 2010, giving the community a full 7-days notice in addition to the public notice first issued in early January. ESDC is coordinating with Forest City Ratner Companies and the Brooklyn Department of Transportation to update the relevant message boards and otherwise provide notice to the community. While no formal notice period is required under law, in hearing from the community and working with the Department of Transportation, ESDC believes this additional notice period will help the community prepare for anticipated traffic changes while not overly delaying the commencement of principal construction of this eagerly anticipated project.
 
In terms of those residents occupying condemned property, ESDC has been and will continue to work with occupants to relocate them and anticipates an orderly relocation taking place over the course of the next few months."

3 1 2010 - Brooklyn Supreme Court Decision
Pages 1-39 Pages 40-82

STATEMENT BY EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT ON COURT OF APPEALS ATLANTIC YARDS RULING – November 24, 2009
“Today the State's highest court, like every other court that has considered the issue, upheld the use of eminent domain to facilitate development of the Atlantic Yards Project. Empire State Development is as committed as ever to seeing the completion of this Project. With this major hurdle lifted, we can now move forward with development which will accomplish its goals of eliminating blight, and bringing transportation improvements, an arena, open space, affordable housing and thousands of jobs to the people of Brooklyn and the State of New York.”
 

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