Ratner's Heavyweight Opponents
If the battle over Bruce Ratner's proposed Atlantic Yards was decided by star power, the Nets owner wouldn't stand much of a chance. Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn's new 33-member advisory board is a...
View ArticleRatner Foe Ends Up in Atlantic Yards Brochure
That glossy brochure Forest City Ratner mailed to thousands of Brooklyn households in recent weeks doesn’t include any photos of the massive towers that have sparked so much protest. But it does have...
View ArticleRatner Reaches Out to Local Athletes
Bruce Ratner’s proposed $3.5 billion Atlantic Yards may face vociferous opposition across Brooklyn, but the borough’s amateur sports community has always been in the Nets owner’s corner,...
View ArticleColor of Money the Real Issue at Atlantic Yards
The battle over the Atlantic Yards project has had ugly racial overtones ever since Nets owner Bruce Ratner unveiled the plans for his $3.5 billion project back in December 2003. Some Ratner supporters...
View ArticleThe Coney Island Nets?
All Brian Hatch is saying is give peace — and Coney Island — a chance. Bruce Ratner’s plans to build a basketball arena for his Nets and 16 massive apartment towers has sparked a civil war in...
View ArticleWhen is democracy coming to Atlantic Yards?
This is a perfect reason why so many people in Brooklyn think Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards proposal is little more than a back-room deal to enrich an influential developer. On the same day the Daily...
View ArticleTrickle-down economics in Brooklyn
American taxpayers spend $170 billion to bail out AIG, which spends $8.5 billion to help Barclays, the huge British bank that is choking on its own financial woes. Barclays then says it will honor its...
View ArticleBrooklyn is behind Atlantic Yards project, says Marty Markowitz
That's the story, Marty? That's the story! Brooklyn Borough President and Atlantic Yards cheerleader Marty Markowitz lets loose his inner "Crazy Eddie" in this video posted this week by Atlantic Yards...
View Article'Battle for Brooklyn' documentary chosen by Michael Moore for Traverse City...
"Battle for Brooklyn" is heading to Michigan. Michael Moore, the man behind "Fahrenheit 9/11" and "Sicko," has chosen the critically praised documentary about the Atlantic Yards project for his...
View ArticleStory of Occupy Wall Street protestors runs parallel to 'Battle for Brooklyn'...
The pundits who continue to say they don't understand what the protesters behind Occupy Wall Street want should look at "Battle for Brooklyn," the award-winning documentary about the Atlantic Yards...
View ArticleSports editor of 'The Nation' asks Michael Ratner, Bruce Ratner's brother, to...
Michael Ratner, the president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, is a hero to many people for his work for human rights and civil liberties. He’s also an investor in brother Bruce Ratner’s...
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