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Wyckoff Gardens. Photo by Dalton Rooney.
Sour Ending for Brooklyn Sweet Spot [NY Post]
Ratner Set to Seize Land [NY Daily News]
James to NYCHA: Get to Work [Downtown Star]
ISO New Building Management Company [Brooklynian]
Hidden Truth About Home Prices [Matrix]
New Retail on Myrtle [Clinton Hill Blog]
Season's Greetings from Park Slope [Dope on the Slope]
Spitzer to Pick Next ESDC Chair [The Real Estate]
Jersey City Not So Cool [Gawker]

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Ratner is scum! check this exerpt from the Daily news article:

But in documents released this summer, Ratner said there were 118 people in 60 households at risk of being forced out by eminent domain, and 13 businesses with 185 employees.

They include the well-known neighborhood bar Freddy's, a thriving industrial design company, and a Holocaust survivor and building owner.

"Everything was taken away from me and my family by the Nazis and their cohorts," wrote Louis Piller, who owns a building on Pacific St., in a recent letter to state officials opposing the project. "It is unbelievable that I am once again the victim of forced confiscation, this time in a democratic country."

Posted by: TT Rider at December 8, 2006 9:56 AM

Yeah ok b/c the Nazi's provided due process and just compensation for Mr. Pillar's property!
ED is a legitimate government function ARTICULATED IN THE CONSTITUTION. Now if you dont think this is a legitimate use of ED fine - fight it out in court...but the notion that the Government taking private property (ED) is somehow against the founding principles of this republic is beyond ignorant.

Posted by: David at December 8, 2006 10:54 AM

heartless as usual

Posted by: Anonymous at December 8, 2006 11:15 AM

taking it with out due process is unconstitutional DAVID.

Posted by: Anonymous at December 8, 2006 11:41 AM

not that I approve, but since we're being snarky, the Eminent Domain Procedure Law establishes the due process in New York State, 11:41

Posted by: Anonymous at December 8, 2006 12:06 PM