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eminent domain

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Sanitation Repairs Leaving Gowanus Station Building After 46 Years

UPDATED: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 9:15am: The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) confirmed that the city acquired the properties October 31, 2018. While a final sale price has not been determined, an advance payment of $36 million “was made to the owner of 234 Butler Street” in

Gowanus Film Studio Heads To City Hall, Fighting With Spunk After Canal Sewage Tank Decision

Via the Environmental Protection AgencyThe Gowanus-based film and television studio Eastern Effects [http://easterneffects.com/home/] heads to City Hall tomorrow morning with an important mail delivery that they hope will help spare their space. The company has led a campaign for community members, film and television employees, and local

Film Studio And 230 Jobs At Stake As Gowanus Sewage Tank Decision Nears

Eastern Effects employees. (Photo via Eastern Effects [https://www.facebook.com/EasternEffects/photos/a.548178442009519.1073741828.548036835357013/575280759299287/?type=3&theater] )A successful film studio in the Gowanus neighborhood which has close to 230 employees could be forced to close if a proposed environmental cleanup plan moves forward. Under

City Moves To Seize Vacant Coney Island Lots Using Eminent Domain

The new Thunderbolt is located on a publicly owned slice of land adjacent to its former location, which now a vacant, privately owned lot. (Photo by Bensonhurst Bean)The city is weighing plans to grab three abandoned Coney Island lots from developers by invoking the power of eminent domain, which

City Uses Eminent Domain To Seize Gravesend Library Building

Gravesend library (Source: Google Maps)New York City will acquire the property housing the Gravesend branch of the Brooklyn Public Library at 303 Avenue X, the latest move to own all of the 59 properties where their libraries are located. The city gained authorization from Kings County Supreme Court in

City Considers Eminent Domain To Seize Property For McKinley Park Library Branch

Source: BPLThe Brooklyn Public Library is pursuing a bid to buy the property currently leased for the McKinley Park branch (6802 Fort Hamilton Parkway), but has struggled to strike a deal with the landlord. The city is now considering going over the landlord’s head using the power of eminent

City Moves Forward with Eminent Domain for New CIA School

The School Construction Authority has begun proceedings [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/downloads/pdf/cityrecord/cityrecord-9-5-12.pdf] to take control of a lot on Coney Island Avenue through eminent domain, where it will build the new PS/IS 338K, a 757-seat school that would be in Community School District