Eminent Domain Reform Bill Passed By NJ Senate
“Yesterday, the New Jersey State Senate approved a bill which codifies restrictions of local governments’ use of eminent domain for private redevelopment and creates an alternative to condemnation for future redevelopment projects. The legislation, S-2447,…
Attempted Land Grab Ends With Voters Booting Entire City Council
“In Hackensack, New Jersey, however, the officials who targeted Michael Monaghan’s property for seizure as part of an “area in need of redevelopment,” even while denying him the right to develop it himself, pushed too…
Mantoloking eyeing eminent domain to build dunes
“Mantoloking is one of the Jersey Shore towns that suffered the most devastation from Superstorm Sandy. Five of the 128 oceanfront property owners there are refusing to sign easements to allow protective dunes to be…
NJ Senate Committee Advances Eminent Domain/Redevelopment Bill
“Yesterday the Budget Committee of the New Jersey State Senate favorably reviewed and recommended approval of legislation that would codify important restrictions on the use of eminent domain in local redevelopment projects, and also would…
Court Ruling Adds Wrinkle to Redevelopment Plan
“Solicitor John Gillespie cited an Appellate Division ruling earlier this month that states an area—even an area deemed in need of redevelopment—must be found to be blighted in order for a governing body to invoke…
Mayor: Exercising Eminent Domain for Dune Project Puts Township at Risk
“Eminent domain may not be an immediate option for Toms River in securing the easement rights from beachfront property owners to complete a substantial federal dune replenishment project. With the decision in a Harvey Cedars…
$86M Ocean County Beach Replenishment Program On Army Corps Of Engineers Agenda
“Mantoloking has retained an attorney to handle potential eminent domain cases, while other municipalities are still working with homeowners. “The dune line was only set two weeks ago, so we had to give people some…
Eminent Domain on Hold in T.R. Pending L.B.I Appeal
“…results of an appeal filed by Harvey Cedars officials in State Supreme Court regarding to a case that awarded beach front property owners $375-thousand dollars for a dune project that obstructed their ocean front view….
South Inlet relocations
“In the late 1980s, as the CRDA began the $300 million transformation of the Northeast Inlet, many longtime residents of that blighted area objected strenuously to having to relocate. And a dispute between property-owner Vera…
NJ General Assembly Amends Redevelopment Eminent Domain Leg.
“The New Jersey General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a bill intending to “clarify” the use of eminent domain by a municipality and amending the due process provisions of the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (LRHL) that…