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December 8, 2006
Ratner set to seize land
State could OK eminent domain at Yards site today
NY Daily News
By Elizabeth Hays
As state honchos work to push through the controversial project before Gov. Pataki leaves office, officials are expected as early as today to give developer Bruce Ratner the green light to take over private property at the site.
"I feel I have a right to stay in my house - especially in America," said homeowner Ioana Sarbu, who is originally from Romania and lives with her husband on Dean St. in the midst of the proposed site.
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"Everything was taken away from me and my family by the Nazis and their cohorts," wrote Louis Piller, who owns a building on Pacific St., in a recent letter to state officials opposing the project. "It is unbelievable that I am once again the victim of forced confiscation, this time in a democratic country."If the use of eminent domain is approved and condemnation letters are sent out, opponents have 30 days to appeal. If they lose, they will be forced to sell their properties at "fair market value."
Posted by lumi at December 8, 2006 9:46 AM