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Jay-Z and the Nets / Hundreds Protest Proposed Site Of Brooklyn Nets Arena

Posted by dailyheights on Tuesday 30 March 2004 at 10:13 pm

JayzFrom AllHipHop.com: "Jay-Z’s involvement with a group of investors that purchased the New Jersey Nets won him accolades as a business man, but  some residents in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn are singing a different tune.

Yesterday (March 28) almost 400 people turned
  out to protest a planned 19,000 seat arena that developer Bruce Ratner, who led the purchase of the Nets, has on the drawing board …

Almost 500 residents and businesses stand to be displaced under the "eminent-domain" law, which is the right of a government to appropriate private property for public use.

Patti Hagan, spokesperson for the Prospect Heights Action Coalition … Read complete article.

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