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March 10, 2006
Read his lips: No new state tax
NY Newsday
Another candidate for governor lines up to support eminent domain and Bruce Ratner's controversial Atlantic Yards project.
Asked whether he supports using eminent domain as in Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards project, a massive office, housing and basketball arena project, [Nassau County Executive Thomas] Suozzi said he has already used that power in Nassau. "I believe that it's appropriate to use eminent domain to achieve revitalization of blighted areas," Suozzi said. "But it must be done in a responsible way."
NoLandGrab: Score Democrats Spitzer and Suozzi for eminent domain abuse and the Ratner plan. Republican Weld is against eminent domain for private projects, but in a surreal parallel universe supports the Atlantic Yards proposal.
The latest tally doesn't leave much hope for sweeping reform led by a governor who represents the rights of property owners and small businesses, leaving property rights advocates with the tough task of fighting for bottom-up eminent domain legislative reform in New York State.
Posted by lumi at March 10, 2006 9:19 AM