Locals Claim Atlantic Yards Developers Denied Promised Construction Jobs
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Brooklyn residents who say they were promised jobs as part of the Atlantic Yards project are now suing its developer.
Residents say they were assured construction jobs if they participated in a training program set up by the project's developer.
Papers filed Tuesday claim the program was set up in order to get support for the project, but didn't deliver any real training or jobs.
The suit seeks lost wages and unspecified damages.
Developer Forest City Ratner said, "We have already generated 50 percent of the projected economic activity for phase one. Were it not for the delays brought on by opponents of the project, including some of those behind this law suit, even more people would be employed right now.”