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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