The court will hear oral arguments in the case brought against the Empire State Development Corporation and Forest City Ratner Companies by PHNDC and other plaintiffs challenging the approval of the Atlantic Yards Modified General Project Plan. Groups and elected officials filing suit include the Atlantic Avenue LDC, the Brooklyn Heights Association, the Boerum Hill Association, the Fifth Avenue Committee, the Park Slope Civic Council, the Pratt Area Community Council, the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council and State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Assemblyman Jim Brennan and City Councilmember Letitia James.
The plaintiffs maintain that the changes to the Atlantic Yards plan are significant enough to require a supplemental environmental impact statement, and further argue that ESDC has illegally delegated its governmental authority to Forest City Ratner.
The plaintiffs are represented by attorney Al Butzel of the Urban Environmental Law Center.
Community members with an interest in development at the Atlantic Yards site are encouraged to attend.