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February 13, 2005
Residents ask Supreme Court to block eminent domain in New London
NY Newsday: Seven homeowners are getting ready for their case to be heard by the US Supreme Court in hopes to save their homes from New London's wrecking ball of progress.
"It's quite an amalgamation of people to be taking this case where it's going," said Matthew Dery, who lives in one of four houses on a compound his family has owned since 1901. "It's a case of the rich eating the poor. Sometimes the poor are difficult to digest."
One of the toughest things for Dery to accept is the fact that New London doesn't know for sure what will replace his neighborhood. The city has a plan, but no developer is under contract to complete it. "What they're saying," Dery said, "is that anything that we put there will be better than you."
Posted by lumi at February 13, 2005 11:48 PM