Elderly Man May Lose Home Over New Jersey Casino Project
“Eminent domain powers may cause an elderly New Jersey man may lose the home his family has owned for 45 years. Charles Birnbaum, 67, does not want to leave the three-story brick walkup in Atlantic…
Water Employees File Motion Intervening City’s Eminent Domain Case
“One more challenge is added to the city’s battle to acquire Mountain Water Company. 38 Mountain Water employees filed a motion on Wednesday, intervening in the City of Missoula’s efforts to condemn Missoula’s water through…
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…
City of Columbia Files Eminent Domain Request
“The city of Columbia wants to expand Columbia Regional Airport, but one landowner is refusing to sell some of the land the airport needs. The city requires 58 acres to expand the runways at Columbia…
Jersey City councilman wants to halt sale of city property seized by eminent domain
“A Jersey City councilman is calling on Mayor Steve Fulop to halt the sale of city property seized by the previous administration via eminent domain. Fulop’s plan calls for the property, a 64,622-square-foot building at…
Lacking Town Attorney, Bloomfield Delays Eminent Domain Discussion
“The town council Tuesday listened in silence as a half dozen supporters of Harry Sawyer took to the microphone again to criticize them for their effort to take seven acres he owned by eminent domain….
Tentative settlement reached in Sunoco Pipeline eminent domain case
“A tentative out-of-court settlement was reached between Sunoco Pipeline and a Chartiers Township couple who were attempting to prevent the company from imposing eminent domain to secure an easement to cross their property for a…
Colorado groups lobby Hickenlooper to veto urban-renewal bill
“Commercial real estate developers and municipal leaders are putting a full-court press on Gov. John Hickenlooper, pressuring him to veto a bill that would put new limitations on the creation of urban-renewal districts. The effort…
Palm Bay Heritage Parkway brings changes to ranchland
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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…