Aurora to vote loan of up to $4 million for Fanfare property
“Aurora’s Urban Renewal Authority on Monday will vote on a proposal to receive a loan of up to $4 million from the city’s water department — a move that takes Aurora a step closer to…
Commissioners set legislative priorities
“When it comes to eminent domain, commissioners are asking for increased flexibility to use it for economic development purposes, including blight remediation, without having to obtain approval from the state Legislature.” read the entire story…
Eminent domain measure goes to voters in Columbia Missouri
Columbia voters will have the chance to decide whether to limit the city’s power of eminent domain to acquire property for economic development and prohibit the city from using blight declarations as a first step…
City Council sends eminent domain amendment to April ballot
An EEZ is a state-run program that provides tax incentives to spark expansion of existing businesses or manufacturing companies and the development of new small businesses. To apply to the state for the creation of…
Eminent Domain Abuse in Holyoke, Massachusetts
The consultant that prepared the blight study (and the urban renewal plan itself), finds that the area is “decadent” because of substandard public infrastructure, “irregular lot sizes,” the presence of vacant lots that lack “curb…
The Barclays Center’s Media Enabler – From the start, the New York Times was reluctant to challenge Brooklyn’s new arena.
“The sanitized story was no shock, given the Times’s erratic, inadequate coverage of the $4.9 billion Atlantic Yards development, the largest, most contentious real-estate project in Brooklyn’s history, encompassing 16 towers and covering 22 acres….
Mount Vernon, New York, Insufficiently “Pretty,” Says City Council
MVP Realty Associates, which intends to build a “transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, intergenerational mixed income destination,” paid for the blight study. Ross, John. Reason.com 25 October 2012.
Is eminent domain the answer?
“Private property ownership is the cornerstone of our country. Our founding fathers knew implicitly that property and liberty are deeply intertwined, and you cannot have one without the other. In New Jersey, property rights are…
The Empire State Strikes Back: Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Abuse in New York
Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, opened last month. Developer Bruce Ratner, who built the stadium and promises to erect affordable housing nearby, relied on eminent domain to acquire and raze 53 private properties….
Commissioner: Stony Brook Downtown Project Won’t Involve Eminent Domain
“In a letter to Assemb. Steve Englebright dated Oct. 10, Brookhaven planning commissioner Tullio Bertoli wrote: “I can with great certainty indicate that not only will eminent domain not be necessary but that it is…