In addition to lying about receiving funding from Forest City Ratner...

BUILD does Mr. Ratner's bidding by falsely describing and denigrating the project site as "blighted". Mr. Ratner has called on the state to condemn properties using a "blight" designation to justify the use of eminent domain on homes and businesses.

Claims the site is so "blighted" that it is barely "safe to walk there." Meanwhile BUILD just moved its office right at the center of that "unsafe" area. BUILD's new office is in a Ratner owned building where the group has a rent-free office.


Lies about the funding and uses race to refute and deflect these claims.

BUILD's IRS 1023 Form
which reads "$5 million contributed from Forest City Ratner Companies"