en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/3427276 Comments by Braveheart2011 http://www.wktv.com/news/local/MV-EDGE-reinstates-eminent-domain-proceedings-for-elderly-womans-land-127528618.html#IDComment182785899 Concerning public purpose,” its legislative authorization under most statutes remains limited by specific findings requirements. Among these statutes, a common limiting term is the requirement that the area where a project is to be located is “substandard or insanitary,” or a “blighted”. “Only in In re Fisher, involving the expansion of the New York Stock Exchange to prevent it from leaving New York City, was no blight finding cited by the court. 730 N.Y.S.2d 516. In In re Fisher, the First Department cited as public purposes the importance of the stock exchange to the New York City economy, upon which many jobs and tax revenues depended. No blight finding was required, because in that case the legislature had granted special authorization in separate legislation. Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:38:09 +0000 http://www.wktv.com/news/local/MV-EDGE-reinstates-eminent-domain-proceedings-for-elderly-womans-land-127528618.html#IDComment182785899 http://www.wktv.com/news/local/MV-EDGE-reinstates-eminent-domain-proceedings-for-elderly-womans-land-127528618.html#IDComment182458813 EDGE must be planning to build a city around their chip plant like Los Alamos. Otherwise how does a public corporation exercise eminent domain lest for blighted areas under the State Constitution? See the concurring opinion in KAUR v. URBAN DEV CORE, 15 N.Y.3d 235 (2010). Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:30:21 +0000 http://www.wktv.com/news/local/MV-EDGE-reinstates-eminent-domain-proceedings-for-elderly-womans-land-127528618.html#IDComment182458813 http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Lawmaker-react-to-news-of-prison-closures-124816934.html#IDComment179730503 According to the NEW YORK STATE ENACTED BUDGET FINANCIAL PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor Robert L. Megna, Director of the Budget May 6, 2011 this is the affect of the enacted budget on Counties: “Counties: County governments will experience a $14 million net decrease in financial support from the Enacted Budget in 2012, primarily due to $19 million in reductions to certain optional public health programs, $3 million in reductions for criminal justice programs, $2 million in aid reductions to Madison and Oneida Counties, and a net $1 million reduction to human services programs. These funding reductions will be partially offset by $14 million from a statewide Tax Modernization Initiative that is expected to increase sales tax revenues, and $4 million in savings from Early Intervention program reforms.” __ Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:28:23 +0000 http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Lawmaker-react-to-news-of-prison-closures-124816934.html#IDComment179730503 http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Marcy-woman-forced-to-sell-property-in-eminent-domain-battle-with-MV-Edge-126353963.html#IDComment179095297 I was simply wondering if the State was involved in these negotiations or EDGE simply believed it had the power of Eminent Domain which I believe is highly questionable. If a chip plant was going to be coming here I would think the State would be involved not EDGE. Where does EDGE get the power of Eminent Domain? Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:18:40 +0000 http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Marcy-woman-forced-to-sell-property-in-eminent-domain-battle-with-MV-Edge-126353963.html#IDComment179095297 http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Marcy-woman-forced-to-sell-property-in-eminent-domain-battle-with-MV-Edge-126353963.html#IDComment178422191 The NY Constitution contains two Articles dealing with the grant of the power of Eminent Domain to an entity other than the State of New York. Article IX Section (1)(e) grants the State Power of Eminent Domain to local governments and Article XVIII grants such power to public corporations for the limited purpose of Housing under the grant of authority of the Federal Urban Renewal Statutes, the Federal Housing Act of 1949 and its progeny. Otherwise as stated in the NY Eminent Domain Procedure Law § 101, such law provides the exclusive procedure by which property is acquired by exercise of the power of eminent domain in New York State. How then does the state legislature authorize EDGE or any other public corporation to exercise this power of eminent domain aside from Article XVIII of the State Constitution? If the State of New York wanted to place a chip plant in Marcy, New York it would condemn the necessary property under the State’s Eminent Domain Law. The State’s Constitution does not grant this power to any public corporation (authority) for any other purpose, any state statute to the contrary notwithstanding. The fact that the State is not condemning any property for use as a chip plant hardly speaks well of its future. Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:36:08 +0000 http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Marcy-woman-forced-to-sell-property-in-eminent-domain-battle-with-MV-Edge-126353963.html#IDComment178422191