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Politics Now the Center of Ratner Critics Efforts

Critics of the new Nets arena and $3.5 billion Atlantic Yards development are now focusing on delaying approvals until after the November election. They hope that with a new administration in Albany, they can find ways to either stop or downsize the 16-skyscaper project. But whether their new political bent--or their recruitment of Brooklyn celebrities--will help is still uncertain.