Family rallies to save farmland from eminent domain
“The proposed expansion of power lines, which is part of the state Energy Highway, will run through their homes, gardens, and fields according to the proposal submitted to the Public Service Commission by New York…
Elderly domain! W’burg pol pitches state seizure as solution to senior center woes
“A Williamsburg official is pushing a law that would let the city seize a building from its owner to save the embattled senior center inside. Assemblyman Joe Lentol (D–Williamsburg) is planning to introduce a bill…
Claverack Community Meeting On Eminent Domain
“There will be a community meeting concerning eminent domain as utility companies look to upgrade high voltage power lines running through Columbia and Dutchess Counties. Farmers and Families for Claverack is a group of citizens…
Landowners’ compliance sought for High Street upgrades
“About 50 High Street landowners and residents gathered for a public hearing at Town Hall Tuesday night to learn more about the “proposed acquisition of property” necessary to rehabilitate a 2.8-mile section of their road….
Grocer at center of Fire Island land-grab controversy
“The Fire Island resort of Saltaire wants to seize private property — using taxpayer money. World War II vet Frank Whitney is locked in a legal battle with officials who want to take his Saltaire…
Funeral Held for Brooklyn Woman Who Led Fight Against City’s Use of Eminent Domain
“Tubman’s picture is still displayed in the window of Chatel’s home on Duffield Street. It was one of several houses on the street that the city wanted to demolish back in 2004 to make way…
Frustration at Lack of Sites to Ease School Crowding in Sunset Park
“For years, elementary schools in Sunset Park have been bursting at the seams, provoking desperate measures. Children who live a short walk from schools get bused as far away as Park Slope. As reported last…
Public service commissioner: ‘Avoid’ land seizures for power lines
“Public Service Commission Chairwoman Audrey Zibelman says that in transmission line planning, they’ll do “everything we can to avoid” eminent domain seizures of land and that they prefer projects that stay within existing rights-of-way. Zibelman…
MTA seeks to be master of eminent domain, build subway entrance on Second Ave.
“The Metropolitan Transit Authority plans to use eminent domain to seize part of an Upper East Side luxury condo building to create a Second Ave. subway entrance. MTA officials filed papers in Manhattan Supreme Court…
Remsen farm owners still have not settled on eminent domain amount
“The Village of Remsen is about to begin a construction project to try to alleviate some recurring flooding issues along Main St., but to do so they have had to use eminent domain to take…