Homeless NYC: Turning vacant properties into permanent housing
“According to advocacy group Coalition for the Homeless, approximately 63,000 people are sleeping in shelters in New York City, leaving many people with no place to call home this Christmas. Breaking the numbers down even…
Judge: $1.25 million award OK for old York County Prison
“The Redevelopment Authority of the City of York’s claims for a new eminent domain trial have no merit, and it must pay $1.25 million for the site of the old York County Prison, a judge…
Developers: We’ll give city free real estate to avoid sewage-tank land-grab
“A developer is attempting to avoid a city plan that would force it to sell its Gowanus Canal-side land to make way for a giant sewage tank, by offering instead to donate half of the…
Judge OKs eminent domain for pipeline
“The proposed Constitution Pipeline project has taken a major advance forward, with a federal judge granting it eminent domain rights to easements on properties whose owners had been resisting right-of-way agreements. Pipeline construction is now…
EDITORIAL: Pilgrim Pipeline too much of a risk
“No one, it seems, wants the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline running through New Jersey. Except, of course, for the businesses that stand to benefit from the pipeline. And they have every intention of ramming the project…
Property Owners Brace For Constitution Pipeline Eminent Domain
“With the sugaring season ahead, the Holleran family should be installing sap-gathering lines on the mature maple trees growing on their property on Three Lakes Road. They’re not going to bother this year. They don’t…
A Forest’s Family Roots Stand in a Pipeline’s Path
“With snowshoes strapped to his feet and a fedora atop his head, Dev Kernan tramped deep into the snowy woods and finally stopped to admire a majestic red oak. “Now there’s a beauty,” he said….
Saugerties holds off on anti-pipeline resolution
“The Town Board got an earful from opponents of a proposed oil pipeline, but decided against passing a resolution to oppose the project until it receives more information. Sue Rosenberg of Citizens Against Pilgrim Pipeline…
Eminent domain could be used for site of new stadium
“Eminent domain could come into play in determining a site for any possible new stadium for the Buffalo Bills. That’s the legal process by which governments take privately owned land and pay fair market value…
With 121 eminent domain cases filed, another round of hearings for Constitution Pipeline
“The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is holding public hearings on whether or not to issue a permit to the Constitution Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline that seeks to break ground through…