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February 2, 2006
NY State's Hollow Reform of Eminent Domain
OnNYTurf took the time to read the Brodsky and Bradley eminent domain reform bills and concluded:
Their real function is only to give political cover to elected officials and false comfort to the public. They do nothing to actually stop the fundamental abuse of Eminent Domain that is going on.
To quickly summarize, the bills provide better compensation to property owners and renters, and shift power over oversight to local governments like the City Council. The problem is they do nothing to addresses the abuse where private property is grabbed and handed over to other private developers.
Contrary to the call to action in this weekend's Journal News editorial (quoted by us), OnNYTurf calls upon New Yorkers concerned about eminent domain abuse to call up their State elected representatives to "tell them the Bradley and Brodsky bills are BS and don't address the real issue."
Posted by lumi at February 2, 2006 6:46 AM