New at Reason: Damon Root on Eminent Domain Abuse in New York

October 8, 2009

For the past six years, a group of Brooklyn, New York property owners have battled real estate tycoon Bruce Ratner and his allies in the goverment over Ratner's plans to seize their property via eminent domain and erect a new basketball stadium for the Ratner-owned New Jersey Nets. But as Associate Editor Damon W. Root explains, New York's highest court has an opportunity next week to finally put a stop to this outrageous eminent domain abuse.

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