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August 23, 2005
Businessman Battles the City for Power Plant
The NY Times
by Charles Bagli
At a time when the United States Supreme Court has granted local governments free rein to condemn private property on behalf of commercial projects, an energy entrepreneur says he is going City Hall one better: he plans to condemn some prime Brooklyn waterfront land himself.
TransGas is attempting to condemn property using an obscure State law dating back to 1909 that grants railroads and utilities the power of exercising eminent domain for its own interests. To add drama to the situation, weeks later, the City applied to condemn the same parcel for a waterfont park.
NoLandGrab: WOW, an eminent domain pissing contest!
Posted by lumi at August 23, 2005 7:37 AM