Editorials: Long story short
“Whether a pipeline may be a better, safer option for transporting North Dakota Bakken crude now moving by trains and barges out of the Port of Albany remains to be seen. Citizens and numerous government…
MTA closing in on Main Street property for LIRR station upgrade
“The MTA is close to acquiring the land it needs to install elevators at the Flushing LIRR station, elected officials announced last week. The project, which will renovate the long-neglected station so that it is…
Pipeline Meeting In Columbia County
“Local officials, representatives from pipeline company Kinder Morgan and local citizens met last week in Columbia County to talk about a proposed gas pipeline. Nearly 200 landowners across Schoharie County could be impacted by the…
Scammers Threatening Mamaroneck Building Owners With Eminent Domain
“Officials in the Village of Mamaroneck are warning building owners of scammers threatening building owners with eminent domain. Someone flashing a fake federal government ID has been intimidating property owners, telling them to sell or…
Catskill residents urge the Town Board to take legal action to restore trail bridge
“The Town Board has agreed to support efforts to restore the former swinging bridge over the Kaaterskill Creek in Palenville, but told an audience of nearly 75 residents that calls to take eminent domain procedures…
Landlord suits could delay Harlem affordable housing project
“The city hopes affordable housing and large commercial structures will rise one day on a full block in Harlem now occupied by low buildings, a parking lot and a gas station. But landlords of five…
New York’s MTA Swaps Land for Development
“New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently agreed to transfer 3.28 acres of land that holds two parking lots at a Westchester County train station to apartment developer AvalonBay Communities Inc. AVB +0.54% Under terms of…
State Gives Occupants 90 Days to Leave Atlantic Yards Building, Tenant Says
“A Brooklyn Supreme Court judge approved an order Thursday to transfer ownership of seven properties in the footprint of the Atlantic Yards development site to the state — as one of the seized buildings warned…
Putting pressure on McDonald’s, DeWitt hopes to finish deal at former Howard Johnson’s
“The Town of DeWitt says it may pursue eminent domain against McDonald’s in order to complete new hotels at the former Howard Johnson site at Carrier Circle. The old abandoned hotel has been a lightning…
State gets approval to seize Atlantic Yard sites
“StorageMart, which operates a storage facility at one of the properties, announced on its blog that the state has given tenants 90 days to empty their units. An attorney for the ESDC told DNAinfo that…