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BATTLE OF BROOKLYN

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  • The film follows a group of people over six years who come together to fight a massive real estate development that threatens to destroy their homes and neighborhood.
  • Year 2010
  • Genre Documentary
  • Rating NR
  • Running Time 6
  • Directors Suki Hawley
    Michael Galinsky
  • ProducersDavid Beilinson
    Suki Hawley
    Michael Galinsky
  • Cast Daniel Goldstein
    Shabnam Merchant
    Marty Markowitz
    Bruce Ratner
    Letitia James
    Patti Hagan
    Norman Siegel
    Michael Bloomberg
    Frank Gehry
  • Editor Suki Hawley
  • Cinematography Michael Galinsky
  • Effects David Beilinson

     

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    The Battle of Brooklyn follows a group of people who come together to fight the Atlantic Yards Project, a massive real estate development that threatens to destroy their homes and neighborhood. If built, the project, situated at the juncture of predominately low rise-brownstone neighborhoods in Prospect Heights, would place 16 skyscrapers and a sports arena on a 22 acre parcel of land. Their fight to stop the project pits them against developer Forest City Ratner, as well as other residents who are eager for the construction jobs and the additional housing that the project would create. Others are excited about bringing the New Jersey Nets basketball team to Brooklyn.

    Daniel Goldstein's apartment sits at what would be center court of the new arena. A reluctant activist, Daniel got dragged into the fight because he simply couldn't believe that the government should use the power of Eminent Domain in order to take his property and hand it off to a private developer. Daniel and others formed the group, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, in order to develop alternative plans to the proposed project.

    In the nearly 6 years since the project was announced, the economy and the real estate market have collapsed. The developer has been fighting law suits and struggling to raise capital to move forward.

    In October, the New York State Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments in the case Goldstein et al. versus New York State Development Court as to whether or not the state can use eminent domain to seize private property on behalf of the project.

    If the developer isn't able to get construction started by Dec 31, 2009 they will lose access to tax free bonds, which will increase their costs by 100's of millinons of dollars. Once they break ground Daniel will lose his home.

    FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:

    Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
    No Land Grab
    Atlantic Yards Report
    Barclays Center
    Atlantic Lots
    BUILD Brooklyn

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