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May 7, 2010
Columbia's Day of Reckoning?
The Neighborhood Retail Alliance
Everybody's favorite hired gun, Richard Lipsky (eminent domain at Columbia and Willets Point, where he's on the payroll of property owners = bad, eminent domain for Atlantic Yards, where he was on the payroll of developer Bruce Ratner = good), opines on the coming NY Court of Appeals case.
If the higher court allows the lower court ruling to stand, it will send a chill down the spine of the EDC condemners-and that's especially true if any upholding decision looks at the blight issue with care. The role of the city's neglect in the blighting of Willets Point could well lead to the trashing of any ED effort on the Iron Triangle. But we're getting ahead of ourselves.
In our view, an adverse Appeals Court decision against NY State would be the icing on the cake.
Posted by eric at May 7, 2010 8:57 AM