Eminent Domain
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EMINENT DOMAINIA: Goldstein v. ESDC
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inversecondemnation.com , Unfrozen Caveman Judges "Frightened And Confused" By Blight Remember Phil Hartmans classic Saturday Night Live routine, "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer" -- One hundred thousand years ago, a caveman was out hunting on the frozen wastes when he slipped and fell into a crevasse. ...3 hours ago -
The atrocity that is Empire State Plaza
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Althouse Is it any wonder that politicians and judges in Albany just dont get it? Check this out: Youre walking in a neighborhood of 19th century townhouses... ... and you run smack into this: New York spent $2 billion to demolish 98 acres of 19th century buildings, displacing 9,000 ...5 hours ago -
N.Y., learn from New London: It offers a critical cautionary tale on the use of eminent domain
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NY Daily News by Richard Lipsky Ah, the irony pro-Atlantic Yards lobbyist Richard Lipsky op-editorializing in the Daily News about New York needing to exercise restraint in its use of eminent domain. "Brutally weird," to borrow Norman Oders favorite phrase. While he shilled for Ratner, Lipsky has been on ...6 hours ago -
Unfrozen Caveman Judges "Frightened And Confused" By Blight
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Remember Phil Hartmans classic Saturday Night Live routine, " Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer " -- One hundred thousand years ago, a caveman was out hunting on the frozenwastes when he slipped and fell into a crevasse. In 1988, he wasdiscovered by some scientists and thawed out. He then went to lawschool and became... ...17 hours ago -
Woodbridge eyes financially troubled Colonia Country Club
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The Star-Ledger by Brent Johnson Who! Who ever heard of a municipality using eminent domain to stop developers from building something where open space now lies? Woodbridge officials are looking to buy the financially troubled Colonia Country Club and turn it into a public golf course — an effort to ...1 day ago -
Kelly: Nets, 1, residents of Atlantic Yards, 0
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The Record By Mike Kelly You might expect that coverage of the Atlantic Yards fight from New Jersey would focus only on the possibility of the Nets leaving New Jersey. This piece shows understanding, largely lacking in New York media, that this subterfuge would have on Brooklyn. The Nets saga is one of those ...1 day ago -
It came from the Blogosphere...
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Below are some examples of the outrage generated by last Tuesdays ruling by the New York State Appellate Court. Tracy Walters Blog , Another blow to private property rights Yes, you read that right. Ratner will be partially financing the private venture on government-seized land with a tax-exempt bond ...1 day ago -
Property Owners Get Dunked On - Another victory for the powerful over property rights.
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The Wall Street Journal Supporters of the proposed Atlantic Yards project have tried to justify this land grab by Bruce Ratner by trumpeting the developers claims for public benefits to come. This opinion piece shows an understanding of just who the real beneficiary of the development would be. Such unabashed ...2 days ago -
Atlantic Yards Decision Blow To Private Property Rights In New York
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Islandlaw Constitutional Rights Pages The definition of blight, according to the Merriam Webster online dictionary, is “Something that frustrates plans or hopes, …or something that impairs and destroys.” Both of these definitions could be used to describe the impact of this week’s Court of Appeals ...2 days ago -
On the Beat - Move to Brooklyn a Step Closer for Nets
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Basketball Proespectus by John Perrotto This item noting this weeks Court of Appeals ruling notable as it quotes developer Bruce Ratner stating his committment to the proposed Atlantic Yards project even as he unloads the New Jersey Nets. The Nets’ proposed move from New Jersey to Brooklyn took a big step ...2 days ago -
Use of Eminent Domain Approved for Atlantic Yards Project – State High Court Finds Project Has Public Purpose as Area Meets Blight Definition
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This week the proposed redevelopment of an area in Brooklyn, NY known as Atlantic Yards, cleared another hurdle in what is turning out to be protracted litigation. Basing its holding on State constitutional authority that accords government “broad power to take and clear substandard and insanitary areas for ...2 days ago -
Atlantic Yards site "blighted"? Some "reasonable difference of opinion"
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Atlantic Yards Report Last weeks high court ruling has just set the bar impossibly high for New York homeowners and businesses to defend their property rights against eminent domain. Libertarian law professor Ilya Somin calls the Atlantic Yards eminent domain decision "the first major state supreme court ...3 days ago -
Atlantic Yards Freedom-Fighters Dealt Blow In Court
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Ground Report By Richard Cooper A local Libertarian gives his take on this weeks high court ruling and calls for a statewide revolution. The Court used a very sweeping definition of blight to include virtually anything. "Economic underdevelopment and stagnation" are highly ambiguous. I cannot say that I ...4 days ago -
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Statement by NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery on Eminent Domain Ruling
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Via Develop Dont Destroy Brooklyn Today’s Court of Appeals decision is a defeat for every property owner in the great State of New York. In finding against the plaintiffs in this landmark case, where citizens bravely persevered in the face of a state agency determined to seize their land for a misbegotten ...4 days ago -
New York Court Favors State in Eminent Domain Case
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New York Court enforces eminent domain ruling Today, New York State’s Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the state in the eminent domain as they seized land for the 22-acre, $4 billion Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn which includes plans for a new basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets, as well as offices, ...5 days ago -
EMINENT DOMAINIA: Morning after news roundup
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El Diario La Prenza NY , Luz verde a Nets y Atlantic Yards La máxima corte de Nueva York falló ayer que el estado puede usar la expropiación forzosa contra los propietarios de viviendas y negocios para dar paso a un proyecto de desarrollo masivo en Brooklyn que incluye una nueva cancha de juego para los ...5 days ago -
Atlantic Yards ruling: A blow to Sprayregen?
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The Columbia Spectator By Maggie Astor NY City is rife with eminent domain abuse. Yesterdays NY State high court eminent domain ruling has implications for other cases, including Columbia Universitys neighborhood-devouring expansion plan, for which, though it is a "City" project, the State has been brought in to ...5 days ago -
PRESS RELEASE: New York High Court Upholds Eminent Domain for Private Gain
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From the Institute for Justice Arlington, Va.—The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, today announced that it would uphold the decision of the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) to condemn privately owned homes and small businesses to make way for wealthy developer Bruce Ratner’s ...5 days ago -
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: NY State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries
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"I am extremely disappointed with the decision of the Court. The power of eminent domain is extraordinary and should only be authorized in limited circumstances where, unlike in this case, there is a clear and robust public benefit. The use of eminent domain to benefit a private developer to build a basketball arena ...5 days ago
