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October 18, 2007
Hakeem Jeffries on eminent domain
As originally reported by Duffield St. Underground and again, with additional context, by Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, Hakeem Jeffries has stated unequivocally his opposition to using eminent domain for a basketball arena:
We now have a renewed opportunity given the hearing that is going to take place and the fact that the City has been forced as a result of the excellent advocacy by the councilwoman [Letitia James} as well as the lawsuits that were filed by the able lawyers [South Brooklyn Legal Services' Jennifer Levy] in this matter to go back to square one to renew our call at the highest level possible, to Spitzer and to ESDC, reiterating our position against the use of eminent domain, both to create a basketball arena as well as to tear down these homes connected to the Underground Railroad.
NoLandGrab: The question remains, what does Jeffries intend to do about the condemnations for the basketball arena?
Posted by lumi at October 18, 2007 8:10 AM