The city’s legal department could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Hill said that Harvard should negotiate with abutters and “not steal their views and diminish their property.”
But Power said that the deal between Harvard and Cambridge was struck fairly, emphasizing the benefits Harvard provided to the community.
“The project is the result of many years of community dialogue,” Power said. “It’s the result of the council’s unanimous support of an agreement and the unanimous support of the Planning Board for the project.”
A disgruntled Hill conversed with supporters in court following the hearing yesterday, causing the judge to interrupt the proceedings to threaten Hill with contempt of court.
—Brendan R. Linn and Jessica R. Rubin-Wills contributed to the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Robin M. Peguero can be reached at peguero@fas.harvard.edu.