The Kelo decision of 2005 caused states across the US to think twice before using eminent domain. But not in New York, where the controversial strategy seems to be experiencing a renaissance.
Matt Chaban looks at a few of the more prominent projects where eminent domain is being used.
"One-Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards arena cum condos plan-verges on groundbreaking while another-Columbia's proposed Manhattanville campus-has just lost a crucial court case, with others-Willets Point, a casino for Niagra Falls-on the horizon. Now, a clutch of Albany pols are preparing to begin changing what some consider the worst eminent domain laws in the country."
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TxDOT has filed “takings lawsuits” against holdout property owners along the eight-mile stretch of I-35 slated for widening in Austin, but property owners say the agency isn't offering just compensation.
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The 605 freeway expansion project was expected to demolish hundreds of homes and multifamily buildings.
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