http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/suit-challenges-sale-of-land-to-atlantic-yards-developer/
With the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn inching closer to a ground-breaking, opponents of the 22-acre development filed another lawsuit on Tuesday morning challenging the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s decision to sell the developer a portion of the land in what it says is a sweetheart deal that violates state law.
The suit, filed by Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn and four elected officials, asks the State Supreme Court to nullify the authority’s recent deal to sell an 8.5-acre railyard at the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues to the developer Bruce C. Ratner without first getting an independent appraisal and soliciting competing offers for the property.
Me: Good for you MTA, a little pre-holiday present for you. To call the MTA part of the axis of corrupt New York City bastards would be unkind, so let’s just congratulate you on a job done behind closed doors.
