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August 18, 2005
Bill To Bar City Funds From Eminent Domain Introduced to Council
The NY Sun
A City Council member of Brooklyn, Letitia James, introduced legislation yesterday that would bar city funds from going toward projects that use eminent domain to transfer property from one private landowner to another.
The bill, co-sponsored by 14 council members, comes six months after Mayor Bloomberg endorsed a plan to seize privately owned homes and small businesses in the Prospect Heights neighborhood — which lies inside Ms. James’s district — to make room for developer Bruce Ratner’s proposed Atlantic Yards complex. Mr. Bloomberg has pledged $100 million in city subsidies for the Ratner project, which would include a professional basketball arena along with 7 million square feet of commercial and residential space.
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Posted by lumi at August 18, 2005 7:21 AM