By Matt Chaban 10/04/11 9:30am

An Arena Grows in Brooklyn

Roake's roost at center. (Property Shark)

Is Dan Goldstein Really As Bad As Bruce Ratner Just Because He Wants a Renovation?

Daniel Goldstein spent years opposing Bruce Ratner’s outside Atlantic Yards development in his backyard—and on top of his house—until he finally gave in and made an even $3 million on the deal. He has since used that money to buy an $812,000 rowhouse in the South Slope, which was purchased in May, according to property records. (Some deal, a wife and a new house, and all it took was years of strife and threat of eviction.)

Like so many other homeowners in the city, Mr. Golodstein is planning a rooftop and rear-yard addition to his new home. In what might be construed as an ironic twist–the Daily News certainly sees it that way—Mr. Goldstein’s new neighbors do not appreciate his home-improvement project.

It’s NIMBY versus NIMBY. Read More

By Jimmy Vielkind 12/21/09 2:31pm

Perkins Will Lead Statewide Crusade for Eminent Domain Reform

As far as Bill Perkins is concerned, the issue of eminent domain has got legs.

“It’s really a corruption of our notion of democracy,” said Perkins, a Democratic state senator who represents Harlem. He was speaking Saturday at a Pentecostal church on 125th Street. The room was one-third filled by people who are concerned about Read More

By Eliot Brown 10:37pm

Atlantic Yards, Finance Footrace

Daniel Goldstein was sitting in his Prospect Heights condo Friday when an email hit his inbox. One of the last remaining holdouts in the footprint of the Brooklyn-based Atlantic Yards project, Mr. Goldstein was informed by the courts that his challenge of the use of eminent domain had been rejected.

Relatively unfazed, he did Read More

By Matthew Schuerman 10/17/07 3:29pm

50K for Atlantic Yards Opponents

How did we miss this? Norman Oder reports that Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn’s walkathon on Sunday raised $50,000—less than last year but more than the year before that. Daniel Goldstein reassures the troops: “We’re well-funded for the coming months.”

By Staff 2/20/07 5:45pm

The Afternoon Wrap: Tuesday

  • We noted earlier on Tuesday that the day’s preliminary work at Atlantic Yards might not be so apocalyptic. And Daniel Goldstein [depicted above by Sarah Sagarin] declares that Ratner’s wrecking ball maneuvering is “premature, and a scare tactic used against the eminent domain plaintiff residents” and “a public relations gimmick intended to convince Read More