NYC groups, officials sue state agency to block project that includes Nets basketball arena
By APThursday, November 19, 2009
NYC groups sue to block deal for Nets arena
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 a modified plan for the project.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Manhattan state Supreme Court. It seeks to block a Sept. 17 move by the Empire State Development Corp. to approve a delayed construction plan for the Atlantic Yards project.
The suit was filed by several elected officials and Brooklyn neighborhood groups.
The Empire State Development Corp. and developer Forest City Ratner had no immediate comment.
The lawsuit is the latest of several legal challenges to the 22-acre Atlantic Yards project. The project is to include office towers and apartments as well as a basketball arena.
