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Eminent domain day at City Hall
by patrick arden / metro new york
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NOV 30, 2007
Eminent domain day at City Hall
by patrick arden / metro new york
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NOV 30, 2007
CITY HALL. Eminent domain was the topic du jour Thursday, as protests here over the Atlantic Yards and Columbia expansion projects were quickly followed by a hearing on the city’s Willets Point redevelopment plan.
Queens Councilman Tony Avella believes eminent domain abuse will be a big issue in the 2009 election.
“We’re talking about three neighborhoods in three different boroughs,” said Avella, one of only two declared candidates for mayor (the other is U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner).
“It’s a fundamental American right to your own piece of property and your own business,” he said. “How can the city say, ‘We need your property, not for a school or a highway but for some rich guy so he can build a project to make more money’? It’s horrendous, and the risk is becoming more evident. If it happened to them, it can happen to you.”
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