« Silence on Bronx Market Is Mystifying | Main | Press Release: Forest City Ratner Bloomfield Project in Jeopardy as New Jersey Loses Eminent Domain Case »
August 5, 2005
Brooklyn Coalition Aims To Limit Development Via Eminent Domain
NY1
A coalition of lawyers, politicians and activists in Brooklyn wants the city to stop the private use of eminent domain for commercial development.
The group, “Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn” is calling for legislation that would prevent the city from supporting any future eminent domain claims by private companies.
Ratner has drawn up a memo advocating the use of eminent domain to force area owners to sell their homes and businesses. But Brooklyn Council Member Letitia James want to stop the developers by changing city laws.
“(The memo) basically says that they can use public funds from the city of New York to acquire property as a result of eminent domain and so this legislation that I am sponsoring would prohibit that and so they would have to pay for it through private means,” said James at a rally held in downtown Brooklyn Thursday.
Posted by lumi at August 5, 2005 10:27 AM