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Blight, Blight, Bogus Blight
Thoughts on blight from the
Court of Appeals ruling on eminent domain
From the DISSENT
[T]he majority is much too deferential to the self-serving determination by Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) that petitioners live in a "blighted" area, and are accordingly subject to having their homes seized and turned over to a private developer.
...It is clear to me from the record that the elimination of blight, in the sense of substandard and unsanitary conditions that present a danger to public safety, was never the bona fide purpose of the development at issue in this case.
From the MAJORITY:
It may be that the bar has now been set too low -- that what will now pass as
"blight," as that expression has come to be understood and used by political appointees
to public corporations relying upon studies paid for by developers, should not
be permitted to constitute a predicate for the invasion of property rights and
the razing of homes and businesses. But any such limitation upon the sovereign
power of eminent domain as it has come to be defined in the urban renewal context
is a matter for the Legislature, not the courts.
Posted: 11.24.09
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