 Before taking office as mayor , Booker sued the James administration , seeking to terminate cut @-@ rate land deals favoring two redevelopment agencies that had contributed to James 's campaigns and listed James as a member of their advisory boards . Booker argued that the state 's " pay @-@ to @-@ play " laws had been violated and that the land deals would cost the city more than $ 15 million in lost revenue . Specifically , Booker referenced a parcel at Broad and South Streets that would generate only $ 87 @,@ 000 under the proposed land deals yet was valued at $ 3 @.@ 7 million under then @-@ current market rates . On June 20 , 2006 , Superior Court Judge Patricia Costello ruled in favor of Booker . 
