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Tip of the Iceberg: Forest City Ratner Funds BUILD with $5 Million.
Timeline of events...


December 10, 2003 -
Bruce Ratner unveils his Brooklyn Atlantic Yards (BAY) Development Proposal

January 23, 2004 Ð Assemblyman Roger Green announces the creation of BUILD

March 4, 2004 Ð BUILD Announces support for Ratner BAY Project

August, 2004 Ð BUILD begins its "CBA" negotiations with FCR

December 20, 2004
Ð BUILD files 1023 form for 501c3 status with IRS, indicating $5 million payment from Ratner

June 27, 2005
Ð BUILD, 7 other groups, and Ratner sign CBA, with Mayor Bloomberg, Assemblyman Green, Public Advocate Gotbaum, Borough President Markowitz, Assemblyman Clarence Norman and other elected officials as witnesses.


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