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Developer Andrew Kohen wants to build a new Home Depot and hundreds of units of housing along a vacant Bay Ridge railyard, but faced an Atlantic Yards–sized backlash from local preservationists and Community Board 10. In fact, Bruce Ratner’s taxpayer-underwritten antics have inspired an uprising by community boards against developers.
