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December 1, 2009
Governor Paterson's New London
Senator Paterson Opposed Eminent Domain Abuse. Does Governor Paterson?
The Huffington Post
by Daniel Goldstein
Does Governor David Paterson want Prospect Heights, Brooklyn to be his New London, Connecticut?
It's up to him.
After last week's ruling by New York's high court—that the state could seize homes and businesses for Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards development proposal because there was a “reasonable” enough argument from unelected bureaucrats at the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) that the neighborhood Ratner coveted was plagued by what the majority called “mild blight”—Governor Paterson has some decisions he must make.
...For a project that has indeed been rammed down the public's throat by executive fiat, it is clearly within the rights and the powers of Governor Paterson to demand that eminent domain not be exercised despite the Court's controversial ruling.
That's what Senator Paterson said he would have done.
Posted by eric at December 1, 2009 11:53 AM