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October 14, 2009
Flashback: Are the MTA or NYC responsible for upkeep of the railyards? ESDC punts
Atlantic Yards Report
In anticipation of today's court hearing on eminent domain and blight, I'll point people back to this post from 11/15/06, in which the government agency responsible for finding blight curiously was unable to assign responsibility for that blight.
Pretty much everyone agrees that, as this photo from the Empire State Development Corporation's Blight Study shows, the Vanderbilt Yard of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority deserves better treatment.
But who's responsible? Several people commented to the ESDC, saying government agencies should be blamed for neglect.
NoLandGrab: It's the beauty of kleptocracy — if government agencies didn't neglect their own properties, it would undermine the government's findings that the areas were blighted.
Posted by lumi at October 14, 2009 6:02 AM