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January 7, 2005
House not for sale
CNN/Money: New London, CT and Norwood, OH cases that could affect eminent domain seizures here in Brooklyn. Kelo v. New London (photograph: Susan Kelo) will be heard in February by the Supreme Court. The Norwood, OH case uses "blight" as the justification of condemnation. The Empire State Development Corporation is planning on using a finding of "blight" to condemn private property in the footprint of Ratner's proposal.
Posted by lumi at January 7, 2005 8:03 AM