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The battle of Brooklyn

By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

Friday, March 19, 2004

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Emmanuel Volcy looked up at the television and watched as real estate mogul Bruce Ratner outlined his master plan to make the New Jersey Nets a part of a $2.5 billion development project that promises to revitalize Brooklyn. It's just what Volcy, a fledgling small businessman in the heart of Brooklyn, didn't want to hear. The Haitian immigrant was just beginning his American dream, only five days before signing a 10-year lease for his auto body shop at the corner of Flatbush A ...

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