eminent-domain

Today's paper: so close
Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 10:51am
Fall Break—it's so close you can almost smell it, can't you? It smells like falling leaves, candy corn, pumpkin beer, and a fresh ballot. At this point we only have a couple of classes to get to until we can finally relax. Here's what's in today's paper to get you through these last hours:
New York's top court upholds Columbia's expansion plan
Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 10:41am
The New York Court of Appeals just released its decision regarding the Empire State Development Corporation's use of eminent domain, and they've come down on the side of Columbia.
Manhattanville: The road goes ever on?
Sun, May 30, 2010, 5:00pm
Years in the making, on Tuesday the fight over eminent domain and Manhattanville finally comes to New York's highest court. In the fall of 2002, mere months into his term as Columbia president, Lee Bollinger announced plans for the University to expand into Manhattanville. On a new 17-acre campus...
To seize or not to seize? That is the question.
Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 12:04pm
In the latest twist in the ongoing, seemingly never-ending litigation over Columbia's neighbor to the north, the illegality of eminent domain use to facilitate Columbia's expansion has been legally challenged. 
Save the date, eminent domain activists
Sun, Apr 18, 2010, 3:51pm
Manhattanville eminent domain opiners, get ready to get pissed off all over again come June—maybe, at least.