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November 22, 2006
EMINENT DOMAINIA: Backlashing, Manhattanville and our pals in NJ
The Daily Politics, Eminent Domain Foes Should Stop Skewing Facts
Celebrity guest "flogger" Errol Louis got a can of whup-ass on Ben Smith's turf, The Daily Politics, for his "smoking-gun" commentary about the merry band of Libertarian litigators, the Institute for Justice.
Two other blogs took note of Louis's column published in yesterday's Daily News:
Gotham Gazette, Eminent Domain: Is it “Out of Control?”
The Empire Zone (NYT), An Intriguing Yards Alliance
NY Times reporter Nicholas Confessore calls the Institute for Justice and Atlantic Yards opponents "strange bedfellows."
NoLandGrab: We've pointed out on numerous occasions that eminent domain is an issue that brings together small-goverment free-market conservatives and Robin-Hood liberals who are offended by the social effects of urban renewal and the notion of taking land from citizens to give to the politically connected.
In the pro-eminent domain camp you'll find the big-business conservatives and eco-liberals (those who see eminent domain as a powerful tool to enact environmental conservation on private property).
Polis, Manhattanvilified
An urban planning, design and architecture blog posts its own take on Columbia University's bid for expansion and the use of eminent domain — falling somewhere in the middle.
Home News Tribune, Court halts eminent domain action against elderly Long Branch couple
The Appellate Division of state Superior Court has granted a stay of the eminent domain action threatened against Long Branch homeowners Louis and Lillian Anzalone.
The Anzalones, both 89, have lived in their Ocean Terrace home for 46 years. The city has targeted their waterfront Marine Terrace, Ocean Terrace and Seaview Avenue neighborhood, commonly referred to as MTOTSA, for redevelopment and has filed a motion to seize their homes through eminent domain and replace them with upscale condos.
NJEminentDomain.com, Stay granted in eminent domain case in Long Branch, N.J.
The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court granted the request of property owners Louis and Lillian Anzalone for a stay of the eminent domain action threatened against their home located at 32 Ocean Avenue, Long Branch, New Jersey. The Order for Stay, signed by presiding judge Jack L. Lintner, will prevent Long Branch from seizing the Anzalone property while the appeal is pending. The City of Long Branch also filed a motion to accelerate the appeal. That motion was denied.
Superior Court Assignment Judge Lawrence Lawson previously denied a stay to the property owners in the MTOTSA neighborhood in his 60-page opinion issued on June 22, 2005.
Posted by lumi at November 22, 2006 6:59 AM