Bill to save W’burg community center dead, but DeBlasio has joined the cause
“A state bill aimed at keeping a Williamsburg senior and daycare center from being evicted is dead in the water, but pro-center activists say that now the mayor has their back. The legislation that Assemblyman…
Eminent domain, round two: state and Forest City close-mouthed as condemnation process begins for properties near arena site
“Empire State Development (ESD), the state agency overseeing/shepherding Atlantic Yards, and developer Forest City Ratner are close-mouthed and not fully candid about the second–but not quite final–round of eminent domain. The state recently has begun…
Village of Deferiet to invoke eminent domain for joint water project
“The village Board of Trustees unanimously agreed Wednesday to initiate eminent domain proceedings against 12 hold-outs to the joint water project with the village of Herrings. The $4 million joint water project, begun in 2006,…
Village Vs. Town Re: Bridge
“Southampton Town is expected to move forward next week on plans to repair the Sagg Bridge using federal money, despite objections from Sagaponack Village officials, who are desperate to preserve the small country bridge which…
Reality warp: judge in eminent domain case agrees Atlantic Yards site would’ve been upzoned; ESD claimed there’d be no changes without project
“Remember how the Empire State Development Corporation (aka Empire State Development, or ESD), in the 2006 Atlantic Yards environmental review, claimed the project site would not “experience substantial change in the future without the proposed…
Sagaponack Says It Will Try To Force Sale Of Bridge Via Eminent Domain
“Bridge Lane in Sagaponack Village will be open to traffic for most of summer, at least, as officials from the village and Southampton Town continue to wrestle over how to make repairs to the small…
Fire Islanders face long odds in battling buyouts, say legal experts
“Some Fire Islanders are gearing up to try to stop dozens of home buyouts intended to clear the way for new storm-shielding dunes, but the odds are stacked against them in a legal fight, experts…
Government of the people, or just the people in power?
“At a meeting of the Hume Town Board (in Allegany County) on March 12, a public hearing was opened to discuss the proposed acquisition by eminent domain of a property at the four corners in…
County starts eminent domain proceedings over airport land
“Warren County leaders voted Tuesday to begin eminent domain proceedings to expand Warren County Airport’s main runway after a property owner opted out of a sale agreement. The county believed it had come to an…
Mailbag: Rethink eminent domain
“The property should be used for the good of the people, not for the good of the private developer, and the property owner should be given just compensation. The Fifth Amendment is being greatly abused….