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October 20, 2005
Property rights at stake
The Times Union
by Elizabeth Benjamin
But at a hearing in Albany on Tuesday, [Sen. James Alesi, R-Perinto,] said it appears the Legislature should at least more sharply define the definition of a blighted area, which under current law is the only property that can be taken for private development.
"If nothing else, we at least want to visit a legislative definition of that word," said Alesi, who was joined at the hearing by Sens. Elizabeth Little, R-Queensbury, and James Wright, R-Watertown.
Posted by lumi at October 20, 2005 11:29 PM