Eminent Domain

Eminent domain process nears conclusion

More than a year and a half after the New York State Court of Appeals upheld eminent domain in Manhattanville, three property owners still have not agreed on sale prices.

By Jillian Kumagai | Feb 6 02:20 am ET

Expansion against the community

Columbia's plans for expansion come at an unreasonable cost to its neighbors.

By Tom Kappner | Apr 18 07:32 pm ET

Save Floridita from Columbia’s greed

Columbia's treatment of Floridita was morally reprehensible.

By Andrew Lyubarsky and Ben Totushek | Feb 10 10:40 pm ET

Harlem activists seek eminent domain law reform

Norman Siegel offered several recommendations to fix what he calls the broken system of New York state eminent domain procedure law.

By Kim Kirschenbaum | Oct 18 02:12 am ET

Property holdouts look to Supreme Court

The remaining property owners in Manhattanville argue that the recent court decision, which cleared the way for the University’s $6.3 billion project, was flawed.

By Kim Kirschenbaum | Sep 22 03:03 am ET

Court OKs expansion, Columbia pushes forward in M’ville

The University is not wasting time with its plan, pushing forward this month with construction projects and demolition efforts in Manhattanville.

By Maggie Astor and Kim Kirschenbaum | Sep 7 02:01 am ET

Court of Appeals grills state on M'ville blight, civic purpose of expansion

Well over 100 people crowded into the courtroom—and more overflowed into a separate room with a closed-circuit television—to watch the significant eminent domain hearing unfold.

By Maggie Astor and Kim Kirschenbaum | Jun 1 07:32 pm ET

M'ville property owners prepare for eminent domain hearing

An air of optimism has long resonated with the property owners and their lawyers, who say that the December Appellate Division ruling in their favor could bode well for them in the Court of Appeals.

By Kim Kirschenbaum | May 31 09:58 pm ET

Precedent uncertain for eminent domain lawsuit

The Court of Appeals will soon re-examine whether the state can, on Columbia’s behalf, seize private property for the “public good” in exchange for market-rate compensation.

By Maggie Astor | May 3 02:00 am ET

Eminent domain appeal set for June

After a court ruling that declared eminent domain for Columbia's Manhattanville expansion illegal, the Empire State Development Corporation will make their case to the NY Court of Appeals in June.

By Kim Kirschenbaum | Apr 20 03:02 am ET

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