March 30 Harlem Forum on Eminent Domain

Subject: RE:March 30 Harlem Forum on Eminent Domain
Date: 3/23/2005 6:30:03 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Harlemtenants@aol.com
To: Reysmont



The Abuse of Eminent Domain: Enriching the Coffers of Private Developers and Institutions


Eminent Domain: the power of a government to take private property for public use; the 5th Amendment of the US Constitution & articles in many state constitutions allow this practice provided just compensation is made.


(An analysis of three developments & their impact on neighborhoods: Columbia University’s Manhattanville Expansion, the proposed Manhattan Westside Stadium, & Brooklyn Atlantic Yards.)



Wednesday, March 30, 2005
6:30 PM

Harlem State Office Building

Room 8A & B

163 West 125th Street @ Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.



Guest Speakers

City Councilwoman Letita James

Bonnie Brower, Executive Director, City Project

Patty Hagen, Develop Don’t Destory Brooklyn

Cynthia Doty, Coalition to Preserve Community

Others to be announced


Special report from City Project: Follow the Money Trail! ‘State of Distress: How New York State’s Property Tax Exemptions are Starving New York City’s Treasury’. “Tax exemptions from properties owned by New York State and five state-controlled public authorities--the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), the Dormitory Authority, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), and the Power Authority--currently cost the city at least $1.5 billion a year in lost revenues, or more than 19 per cent of all property tax expenditures.”



Sponsored by the Harlem Tenants Council. For additional information contact the Harlem Tenants Council, 207 West 133rd Street, Room 118, New York, NY 10030. Telephone: 212-234-5005 or E-mail:harlemtenants@aol.com. *** Photo ID is required for entrance into the Harlem State Office building.