Fascinating ! Especially in light of the recent Atlantic Yards decision. Hmm, should be interesting to see how this one develops.
The blight designation, the court said, was “mere sophistry” about a neighborhood that was already undergoing a renaissance. The state’s development corporation committed to rezoning long before the study, “not for the goal of general economic development or to remediate an area that was blighted before Columbia acquired over 50 percent of the property, but rather solely for the expansion itself.”
“Even a cursory examination of the study reveals the idiocy of considering things like unpainted block walls or loose awning supports as evidence of a blighted neighborhood,” Justice Catterson wrote.
Fascinating ! Especially in light of the recent Atlantic Yards decision. Hmm, should be interesting to see how this one develops.
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This is great to hear, I DESPISE the entire concept of Eminent Domain, especially when not even for a public transportation project!
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