Bruce Ratner (born January 23, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio) is president and CEO of Forest City Enterprises, New York City's most active real estate developer during the 1990s. Ratner graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1967 and graduated from Columbia Law School in 1970. He is principal owner of the New Jersey Nets, which he plans to move to Brooklyn upon the construction of an expansive multi-use complex designed by Frank Gehry. The Brooklyn Paper [1] reported on November 19, 2005 that pressure from both supporters and opponents had forced Bruce Ratner to ask Frank Gehry to revise the scale of the development. He is the butt of political t-shirts and several websites have been dedicated to the countless objections to his Brooklyn project. His project in Yonkers has attracted similar popular uproar. January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Nickname: The Forest City Motto: Progress and Prosperity Official website: www. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Forest City Enterprises is a diversified real estate management and development company based in Cleveland, Ohio. ... Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... A real estate developer (American English) or property developer (British English) makes improvements of some kind to real property, thereby increasing its value. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Columbia Law School (CLS), located in New York City, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University and one of the leading law schools in the United States. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... // Headline text For other uses, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... The Brooklyn Nets Arena is a proposed US$3. ... Gehrys most famous work, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Ephraim Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is an architect known for his sculptural approach to building design. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Template:Diffgggtgerent calendars 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1992, Crain's New York Business selected Ratner as the top New York City executive in the fields of real estate, finance and insurance. He is also considered a master of using the tools of government to promote his private interests. His projects generally involve large public subisidies, and often invoke the power of eminent domain. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses and organizations raise, allocate and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. ... Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of potential financial loss. ... Eminent domain (US), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand), compulsory acquisition (Australia) or expropriation (Canada, South Africa) in common law legal systems is the lawful power of the state to expropriate private property without the owners consent, either for its own use or on behalf of a third party. ...

Before joining Forest City, from 1978 to 1982, Ratner served as commissioner of consumer affairs during Mayor Ed Koch's Administration. Before that, he taught at the New York University School of Law. From 1970 to 1973, he was director of the Model Cities Program and head of the Consumer Protection Division in the John Lindsay Administration. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ed Koch Edward Irving Koch (born December 12, 1924; pronounced kotch) was a U.S. Congressman and the Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. ... The New York University School of Law (or simply NYU Law) is one of eight law schools in New York City, USA. It is generally considered to be among the top five law schools in the United States, and is currently ranked fourth in the nation by . ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Model Cities Program, was an element of United States President Lyndon Johnsons Great Society and War on Poverty, was an ambitious federal urban aid program that ultimately fell short of its goals. ... John Lindsay on the cover of the November 1, 1968 issue of Time magazine John Vliet Lindsay (November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician who served as a Congressman (1959-1965) and mayor of New York City (1966-1973). ...