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December 11, 2009
EMINENT DOMAINIA
Columbia Spectator, The illusion of competing interests
In an opinion piece, two members of Columbia University's Student Coalition on Expansion and Gentrification argue that even by NY State's high court's narrow standard upholding the findings of blight in the Atlantic Yards case, the recent decision, finding for the property owners in West Harlem, should still stand, due to corruption on behalf of the university.
AntonNews.com, Eye on the Island
An opinion piece gets something right and something wrong:
Should the NBA’s New Jersey Nets relocate to Brooklyn, history will record their first victory of the 2009-2010 season came in a courtroom, rather than on a court.
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The property-owning holdouts within a two-plus block area that is narrowly defined within the Court’s decision will now be required to sell their land to the ESDC, at rates reflecting current market value.
NoLandGrab: It's been widely reported that property owners have been offered wa-a-ay less than market rate.
Posted by lumi at December 11, 2009 6:12 AM