State orders new environmental study for Atlantic Yards project
The state Court of Appeals yesterday denied a motion to appeal a July 2011 decision that ordered the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) and Forest City Ratner to revisit its 2009 modification of its Atlantic Yards project plan and to conduct additional environmental analyses.
In practical terms, what this means is that Forest City Ratner must conduct a supplemental environmental impact study (SEIS).
Joe DePlasco, a spokesman for Forest City Ratner, said “We disagree with the decision but we accept it, and we’re prepared, as we said, to redo the SEIS for Phase 2.”