June 28, 2008 - U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses Case Against Atlantic Yards
- NY Times - By Adding Yi, Nets Hope to Expand Their Market
June 24, 2008 - U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses Case Against Atlantic Yards
- NY Times - U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Atlantic Yards Case
- NY Daily News - Court Won't Review Nets Arena Project
- NY Daily News Editorial - Yes, In their Backyards
- NY Post - Court KOs Yards Foe
- NY Post Editorial - A Win for Atlantic Yards
- Associated Press - Court Won't Review NBA Nets Arena Project
- Newsday - Top Court Won't Hear Appeal of Atlantic Yards Eviction
- WNYC - Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Atlantic Yards Suit
- Crain's - Top Court Denies Nets Arena Appeal
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle - U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Atlantic Yards Case
June 6, 2008 - Forest City Ratner Celebrates Brooklyn Day at Borough Hall Park
- NY Daily News - Ratner Cooks up Rally for Brookyn Project
- WNYC - Rally Seeks to Jump Start Atlantic Yards Project
- BklynHeights Courier - Rallying Cry for Atlantic Yards Project
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Pro-Atlantic Yard Rally Attracts Huge Crowd
May 21, 2008 - Naming Rights Offered for B1 Office Tower
- NY Observer - Brooklyn's Her Maiden Name: Ratner Offering Naming Deal for Atlantic Yards' Tallest Tower
May 16, 2008 - Showroom Opens for Sales of Sponsorships, Suites, and Premium Tickets for Barclays Center
- NY Times - No Nets Arena Yet, but Suites are on Sale
- ESPN - A Suite Grows in, Um, Manhattan
- Star-Ledger - Nets Say Showroom is Proof of Move
- The Bergen Record - Nets are Selling the Luxury Side of their Dream Arena
- WNYC - Execs get Peek at Nets Arena Luxury Boxes
May 13, 2008 - Nets Announce New Founding Partners for Barclays Center
- Star-Ledger - Nets Bolster Brooklyn Move with New Sponsors
- Sports Business Journal - Nets Add 6 Founding Partners for Barclays
May 9, 2008 - FCRC Sponsors Basketball Awards
- NY Post - All-City Players of the Year
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May 9, 2008 - New Designs for Atlantic Yards
- NY Sun - "Miss Brooklyn" Renamed & Reconsidered
May 7, 2008 - Court Dismisses Opponents' Case
- Brooklyn Eagle - NY Court of Appeals Doesn’t Want to Hear Atlantic Yards Case
May 4-5, 2008 - FCRC reveals new designs for Atlantic Yards; Project Moving Forward Says Ratner
- NY Daily News - Ratner Vows to Break Ground on Atlantic Yards
- NY Daily News - Atlantic Yards' Miss Brooklyn is slashed more than 100 feet in massive redo
- NY1 - Atlantic Yards Project is Redesigned for an Opening by 2018
- 1010 WINS - Developer Plans Brooklyn Arena Groundbreaking
- NY1 - Ratner says Atlantic Yards Project is on Track Despite Delays
- Star Ledger - Nets Owner-builder Says Team Grows in Brooklyn, not Newark
- Metro - Ratner’s Plan Remains Alive
- Brooklyn Eagle - Not Miss Brooklyn Anymore; Now, It's Just 'Building One'
May 4, 2008 - Bruce Ratner, Chairman and CEO of Forest City Ratner Companies pens Op-Ed: Building Atlantic Yards, More Important Now than Ever
- NY Daily News - Atlantic Yards Dead? Dream On
April 18, 2008 - The New York Times Issues Editorial Supporting AY
- NY Times Editorial - Construction and Hard Times
March 24, 2008 - Frank Gehry designed luxury suites to highlight new Brooklyn Arena
- NY Daily News - 540G Will Get you a Ritzy Suite in new Brooklyn Nets Arena
- NY Post - It's a Suite Life for Net Nuts
March 23, 2008 - "News that key parts of the Atlantic Yards project will be delayed is a disaster for my Brooklyn neighborhood - and a timely reminder of why New York's middle class needs to get serious about fighting for jobs, housing and opportunity against the not-in-my-backyard activists bent on blocking development."
- Columnist Errol Louis
- NY Daily News - Blight at the End of the Tunnel
March 19, 2008 - Former Fort Hamilton High School star and Nets alum Albert King reads to Crown Heights kids as part of "Read to Achieve" program
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Straight from the Bleachers: Net Reading
March 16, 2008 - Newly sworn NY Governor says he expects to carry on support for major development projects such as Atlantic Yards
- NY Daily News - Nice-guy David Paterson can be Plenty Tough
- Brooklyn Eagle - Governor Paterson Says he Supports Atlantic Yards
February 7, 2008 - "There's a real possibility that up to 100 construction and demolition workers could be laid off in the near future, thanks to the delaying tactics being employed by opponents of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn"
- Columnist Errol Louis
- NY Daily News - Foes Stickin' it to the Lil' Guys
February 5, 2008 - "Opponents of the Atlantic Yards project - developer Bruce Ratner's $4 billion plan to build housing and a pro basketball arena on 22 blighted acres in Brooklyn - have had their days in court. And they have lost over and over again."
- NY Daily News Editorial - Abuse of Process
February 1, 2008 - U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously rejects eminent domain appeal by opponent
- NY Post - Ratner Scores Big in Brooklyn Battle
- NY Times - Opponents of Atlantic Yards Lose an Appellate Ruling
- NY Daily News - Federal Appeals Court says Atlantic Yards Project can go Forward
- Crain's New York - Federal Appeals Court OK's Atlantic Yards
- WNYC - Big Loss for Atlantic Yards Opponents
January 16, 2008 - Eminent Domain Lawsuit Against Atlantic Yards Dismissed
- The Observer - Yet Another Atlantic Yards Appeal Dismissed
- The Real Deal - State Court Rejects Atlantic Yards Appeal
- The Brooklyn Eagle - Second Atlantic Yards Case Fails Within Week
- The Sun - Atlantic Yards Opponents Suffer Second Recent Blow
January 12, 2008 - Atlantic Yards Court Victory Coverage
- New York Times - Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Block Atlantic Yards
- NY Post - Ratner Clears Lawsuit Hurdle
- NY Daily News - Court Bounces Suit on Ratner's Yards
- NY 1 - Judge Throws Out Petition to Stop Atlantic Yards Project
- WNYC - Atlantic Yards Opponents Suffer a Defeat
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Another Atlantic Yards Lawsuit is Dismissed
January 4, 2008 - Local lawmaker credits FCRC's record of working with Minority- and Women-owned businesses on Atlantic Yards
- Park Slope Courier - Jeffries Criticizes Ratner Foes
December 21, 2007 - Local supporters claim negative press drowns out positive aspects of project
- Courier Life - Proponents: Give Ratner a break - Say press coverage is too negative
November 30, 2007 - Thanksgiving Dinner Served in Bedford-Stuyvesant Church
- Courier Life - Dunkin' for the Holidays - Nets Stars Join in Dishing out all the Fixings
November 30, 2007 - Barclays/Nets Community Alliance to give $1 million a year to physical and educational development of Brooklyn youth
- Courier Life - Barclays, Nets in New Alliance
November 27, 2007 - Empire State Development Corporation hires Atlantic Yards Ombudsperson.
- NY Daily News - Ex-MTA Executive Forrest Taylor Takes on Role as Atlantic Yards Mediator
November 25, 2007 - The Brooklyn Patriots and St. Vincent Ferrer Bulldogs of Flatbush claimed victory on Championship Day of the third semi-annual borough-wide basketball tournament, sponsored by FCRC and the Nets.
- Brooklyn Eagle - "Straight from the Bleachers: Pair of Champs"
November 23, 2007 - FCRC and the Nets help sponsor MRSA Education Initiative for Children in Brooklyn Schools.
- Courier Life - ‘Pumped’ up over MRSA prevention
November 16, 2007 - Barclays/Nets create new organization committed to athletic and educational deveopment of youth in Brooklyn and surrounding communities.
- Brooklyn Eagle - Barclays,
- Courier Life - New Ratner, Barlcays Alliance Announced
November 9, 2007 - BSA Tournament starts this weekend.
- Brooklyn Eagle - Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC) and the Nets Launched the Third Semi-Annual Borough-Wide Basketball Tournament This Week
October 11, 2007 - FCRC Inaugural Wheelchair Basketball Clinic to be held October 20.
- Brooklyn Eagle - Straight From the Bleachers
October 7, 2007 - NY Daily News columnist Errol Louis writes on upcoming appeals case on Atlantic Yards project.
- NY Daily News - Death Throes for Arena Foes
August 24, 2007 - Nets player Josh Boone heads free basketball clinic in Brooklyn.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Forest City Ratner to Sponsor Free Youth Basketball Clinic
August 6, 2007 - FCRC sends Brooklyn kids to camp.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Forest City Ratner Helps Send 20 Brooklyn Children to Summer Environmental Camp
- Daily Challenge - Forest City Ratner Companies Sends Brooklyn Kids to Camp
July 31 - August 7, 2007 - FCRC announces beginning of Hoops and Leaders Basketball Camp.
- NY Daily News - Faces and Places: Hoop Mentors
- Brooklyn Downtown Star - Shooting for the Stars
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Straight from the Bleachers: Ratner Starts Two-Week Mentoring Program in Williamsburg
- Daily Challenge - Hoops and Leaders Basketball Camp
August 3, 2007 - FCRC and the Nets host free basketball clinics in Brooklyn.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Nets Camps in Session
July 12, 2007 - Over 50 minority and women contractors graduate Community Benefits Agreement training program.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Largest Class to Date Graduates From Atlantic Yards CBA Training
June 29, 2007 - Nets/FCRC help support city's summer meals program.
- Downtown Express - Nets Do a Body Good
- Our Town - Feeding City Kids During the Summer Months
June 26, 2007 - FCRC sponsors local double dutch teams' trip to the world championships.
- NY Daily News - Double Dutch Champs Jumping for Joy!
June 25, 2007 - Region 8 holds 2007 math festival.
- Courier Life - They're the Brightest Brains in the Business
June 21, 2007 - Nets/FCRC join the Police Athletic League to host free basketball clinic.
- Spring Creek Sun - PAL Comes to Play
June 18, 2007 - Boroughwide basketball championships held at St. Francis College.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn's Best
- Courier Life - SFC Hosts B-ball Showdown - Hoopsters From All Over the Borough Compete
June 18, 2007 - Brooklyn native and former Net Albert King gives back at free b-ball clinic.
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- Courier Life - NBA Great Hoops It Up With Local Youths
June 11, 2007 - Judge dismisses eminent domain lawsuit against Atlantic Yards project.
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- Courier-Life Publications - Judge Tosses Yards Challenge
June 8, 2007 - Judge dismisses eminent domain lawsuit against Atlantic Yards project.
June 7, 2007 - Judge dismisses eminent domain lawsuit against Atlantic Yards project.
- NY Times - Judge Rejects Main Argument of Effort to Stop Atlantic Yards Project in Brooklyn
- NY Daily News - Ratner Foes Suit Dismissed
- NY1 - Federal Judge Dismisses Atlantic Yards Lawsuit
- Crain's - Atlantic Yards Suit Dismissed by Federal Judge
June 5, 2007 - FCRC Community Day 2007
- NY Daily News - Ratner Puts On His Hard Hat and Chips In
April 26, 2007 - NY Post editorial
- NY Post - A Blueprint Grows in B'klyn
March 7, 2007 - NY Post editorial
- NY Post - Score One for the Good Guys: B'klyn Arena Finally Rising Amid the Ruin
February 22, 2007 - Queens Ledger editorial
- Queens Ledger - '57 Dodgers Vs. '07 Nets
January 19, 2007 - International bank invests in Brooklyn.
January 18, 2007 - Barclays Center announced.
- NY Times - Barclays Pays Record Price to Put Name on Nets’ Arena
- International Herald Tribune - Nets' Brooklyn Arena gets new name: Barclays Center
- NY1 - Nets’ Future Brooklyn Home to Be Called Barclays Arena
January 17, 2006 - Brooklyn arena to be Barclays Center.
- NY Post - Net$ Name Game
December 22, 2006 - Post and News applaud Atlantic Yards.
- NY Post - Thank You, Shelly Silver
December 21, 2006 - Media coverage of Atlantic Yards approval.
- NY Daily News - Here Come the Nets
- NY Times - State Approves Major Complex for Brooklyn
- NY Post - The Nets Win!
- Crains- Atlantic Yards Project Wins Board Approval
December 15, 2006 - Courier-Life endorses Atlantic Yards.
December 14, 2006 - NY Post editorial
December 12, 2006 - Salvation Army holiday gift drive.
- WCBS News Radio 880 (mp3 file) - Nets Distribute $15,000 in Gifts to Children at Sunset Park Salvation Army Center
- NY Daily News - Christmas Comes Early
December 10, 2006 - NY Daily News editorial
- NY Daily News - Ready, Set, Go for Atlantic Yards
November 9, 2006 - Nets host Thanksgiving feast for 500 Brooklyn families in need.
- NY1 - Nets Serve up Early Thanksgiving Dinner at BK Church
- WCBS News Radio 880 (mp3 file) - Nets Tipping off Holiday Season by Serving an Early Thanksgiving
- NY Daily News - Hoopsters' Helping Hands
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Dishing and Swishing
September 30, 2006 - Brooklyn fifth-grader takes Nets star Vince Carter to school.
- NY Post - Net Gain: B'klyn Kid Hosts Carter
September 28, 2006 - FCRC agrees to City Planning recommendations.
- NY Daily News - Ratner Will Pare Yards Plan a Little
- NY Times - Atlantic Yards Developer Accepts 8% Reduction in Project
September 26, 2006 - City Planning Commission makes recommendations on Atlantic Yards development.
- NY Daily News - City Tweaks Atlantic Yards Plan, Sez Tower Height OK
- NY Times - City Planners Recommend 8% Reduction in Atlantic Yards
September 15, 2006 - NY Daily News editorial claims Atlantic Yards "huge winner at the polls."
- NY Daily News - Atlantic Yards Win by a Mile
September 14, 2006 - NY Daily News Columnist Ben Smith writes about the primary election and Atlantic Yards.
- NY Daily News - Call It Political Grave Yards
September 13, 2006 - NY Times reports on ESDC community forum.
- NY Times - At Atlantic Yards Hearing, a Gathering Small and Civil
September 6, 2006 - NY Daily News editorial urges Atlantic Yards forward.
- NY Daily News - Develop, Don't Delay Brooklyn
August 23, 2006 - Public hearing on Atlantic Yards Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) draws hundreds.
- NY Times - Raucous Meeting on Atlantic Yards Plan Hints at Hardening Stances
- NY Sun - Sides Clash as Atlantic Yards Development Project Edges Closer to Approval
- 1010 WINS Radio - Nets Arena Gets Glowing Endorsement from 2 Players
August 6, 2006 - New York Times Editorial Board in support of Atlantic Yards.
- NY Times - Atlantic Yards "Deserves to Go Forward"
July 20, 2006 - FCRC's 15-point plan to reduce traffic congestion around Atlantic Yards.
- NY Post - Hoop Schemes: Nets Planning for Traffic 'Nightmare'
July 18, 2006 - The Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) approved the General Project Plan (GPP) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Atlantic Yards, which represents the formal start of the public review process for the development.
- NY Post - Ratner's Got High Hoops
- Courier Life - Atlantic Yards Plan Enters into Next Phase of Development
May 31, 2006 - In a unanimous decision, a five-member panel of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court yesterday ruled against opponents of Atlantic Yards on two issues. The decision reversed a Supreme Court justice's prior disqualification of the Empire State Development Corporation's environmental attorney, and it affirmed the same justice's refusal to prevent the demolition of five buildings in the Atlantic Yards site that posed a risk of collapse and a danger to the community.
May 11, 2006 - Architect Frank Gehry, landscape architect Laurie Olin and Forest City Ratner discussed their vision for Atlantic Yards and the ongoing design process, and shared images with the press.
- Newsday - B'klyn Atlantic Yards plans unveiled
- NY1 - Architect Frank Gehry Presents Designs For Atlantic Yards Project
April 12, 2006 - The State Senate voted 57-1 to allocate $33 million towards infrastructure for Brooklyn Atlantic Yards; the Assembly allocated the same amount two weeks ago.
- Crain's Insider - Atlantic Yards Cash
March 31, 2006 - ESDC Releases Final Scope Of DEIS
The ESDC released the Final Scope of Analysis for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, which reduced the project by 475,000 gross square feet and eliminated 23 stories.
Below you’ll find media coverage of the Final Scoping Document, the press release FCRC issued announcing the reductions in scale, and a statement from ACORN Executive Director Bertha Lewis supporting the preservation of the revised plan’s continued commitment to making 50 percent of rental units affordable.
- NY1 - Developer Scales Back Nets Sports Complex Plans
- ACORN Statement
