Goldstein Sells Out / Atlantic Yards Update (merged)

Subject: yards update

from nytiems web site

With a wrecking ball staring him in the face, Daniel Goldstein is taking $3 million from Forest City Ratner to leave his condo.

It shows that Goldstein was in it for the money all along. So much for standing up for the good of the community. He held out and got a a $3 million pay day. Will probably use it to buy a brownstone in a gentrified part of Brooklyn and perhaps a second home somewhere upstate. Go Nets!!!

a sellout? good riddance?

He would either be evicted, or make enough to have a comfortable life for him and his family.
jealous much?!

Weren't a bunch of you all saying just a few short days ago that Daniel was an idiot for not taking the money years ago? And that it served him right to get a low-ball offer? That he should know when to quit?

But, now that all of his options have pretty much been exhausted, after years of organizing and fighting, after years of putting up with construction, threats, insults, slurs and worse, and he'd be forced to take whatever the state offers in a month or two (which would probably not been what his place was worth), he does what any one of you would do and makes the best possible deal he could for himself and his family, he's a sellout?

I retract any statements that he was an idiot for not taking a payout years ago, as I now see that holding out for a larger amount of money has been a very intelligent and calculating plan. The fact that he's yakked so much over the years about principles, ethics, fighting to save his home, etc. only makes him a hypocrite. It's like a certain right wing politician who preached abstinence, yet had a daughter who got pregnant out of wedlock.

Gee, I wonder how much of that money he will donate to DDDB. Or now that Ratner has purchased control over Goldstein's right to speak freely against AY, maybe such a donation would be prohibited. Either way, their web site has no mention whatsoever of his bowdown.

Not to worry, I'm sure that DDDB's alleged 5000 "volunteers" will chip in to continue this very, very important fight.

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Jack Krohn wrote: I retract any statements that he was an idiot for not taking a payout years ago, as I now see that holding out for a larger amount of money has been a very intelligent and calculating plan. The fact that he's yakked so much over the years about principles, ethics, fighting to save his home, etc. only makes him a hypocrite. It's like a certain right wing politician who preached abstinence, yet had a daughter who got pregnant out of wedlock.

Gee, I wonder how much of that money he will donate to DDDB. Or now that Ratner has purchased control over Goldstein's right to speak freely against AY, maybe such a donation would be prohibited. Either way, their web site has no mention whatsoever of his bowdown.

Not to worry, I'm sure that DDDB's alleged 5000 "volunteers" will chip in to continue this very, very important fight.

so, the only way he'd not be a hypocrite were if he were dragged out by the sheriff? but, then i'm guessing you'd call him an idiot?

or is it that you just don't like him? or you really wanted AY built at all costs, whatever the giveaways and tax breaks and shady dealings?

as for continuing the fight, i, for one, will continue.

http://www.nydailynews.com/real_estate/2010/04/21/2010-04-21_last_atlantic_yards_holdout_daniel_goldstein_folds_makes_3m_deal_with_ratner_to_.html

BrookSignal wrote: Ya gotta hand it to Ratner, he really knows how to play hardball!
"OMG! Daniel Goldstein is giving up the good fight? What kind of pressure did that slimeball Ratner use?"
"Danny said $3,000,000, Ratner said OK........"

you omitted that tiny part about Ratner destroying the neighborhood

over the course of 7 years

a very small detail to those who do not live here



but i bet you could still sell him your house

Good for Goldstein. What he should he have done? He lost all of his appeals, he was going to be evicted...even Freddie's Bar took compensation instead of chaining themselves to the gates. Goldstien should put some change in his pocket.

Seems I recall Danny Boy came from a wealthy family. Or is that just Ratner spin?

It's so strange that everyone is talking about Daniel's motivation without considering what it's like to live on a private street owned by Ratner. Has anyone here been on his block recently? Answer: No. You can only get there with the permission of Forest City Ratner. Now that he has a toddler, he's got to consider his family a little bit.

And another thing: The ESDC technically owns his home already.

A grand gesture of getting thrown in jail would be a lovely image... if you're a college student with nothing to lose. It's not something I would ever want my daughter to see.

BrookSignal wrote: [quote=Capt. Planet]Seems I recall Danny Boy came from a wealthy family. Or is that just Ratner spin?

Well he was able to turn down an offer of $1,200,000 for the condo he purchased for $590,000 less than two years earlier and fight for the rights of the little guy.

ahem

again you omitted that tiny part about Ratner destroying the neighborhood

over the course of 7 years

a very small detail for those who do not live here

why don't you sell brucey boy your home

Jack Krohn wrote: And the moral of the story is: anyone's principles can be compromised for a price.

Nice going, Dan. All those years of hard work and in the end you'll be remember simply as a sell-out!

Good riddance!

A simple question.

If offered the $3,000,000.00 , would you have accepted it and if not, why not?

BrookSignal wrote: $3,000,000 is exorbitant, Goldstein could have taken fair market price and a little something for his trouble, call it $750,000 and kept the moral high ground.

property value, legal fees, harassment... etc al.

I've seen harassment suits that settled for more than that



but apparently this price tag is what ratner and esdc

was willing to pay to compensate

a man and his family for 7 years of abuse and torture

in my opinion it's even not enough