Peekskill Officials Approve FEIS, Use of Eminent Domain for New Firehouse
“The Common Council accepted the final environmental impact statement for the project and passed a resolution authorizing the use of eminent domain, if needed, for the acquisition of property needed for the construction of the facility. The resolutions can be seen in the PDFs attached to this story.
The city has already acquired 1137 Main Street and 1141 Main Street in order to acquire the space needed for the project. But the city is still undergoing lengthy negotiations with the owner of the Crossroads Shopping Center, located at 1101-9 Main Street, so that it can move forward with the project.
“If we end up having to exercise the power of eminent domain…we do believe that this meets the public safety needs for our city and the public safety needs for our firefighters,” Mayor Mary Foster said.”
Oluwa, Rasheed. Peekskill-Cortlandt, NY Patch 10 December 2012.