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Science > Prophecies-Of-Nostradamus |
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"Foaming at the Mouth Psychotic" |
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25 Nov 2005 11:56:59 AM |
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West Harlem Residents Voice Opposition To Columbia Expansion Plan |
To be SURE there is work to be done by the entity, DEFINITE work.
Join with all of those who declare that the Lord has come and that His
day is again at hand.
Ready for questions.
(Q) Should this work start by early fall?
(A) Start today!
(Q) I have for many months felt that I should move away from New York
City.
(A) This is well, as indicated. There is too much unrest; there will
continue to be the character of vibrations that to the body will be
disturbing, and eventually those destructive forces there - though
these will be in the next generation
Edgar Cayce, reading 1152-11
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West Harlem Residents Voice Opposition To Columbia Expansion Plan
November 16, 2005
Columbia University is looking to expand, but on Tuesday night, about
200 Harlem residents voiced their opposition at a public hearing on the
proposed 18-acre expansion project.
The planned $5 billion expansion would likely take 25 to 30 years and
cover an area between 125th Street and 133rd Street from Broadway to
12th Avenue.
Many residents fear losing their homes and businesses, especially if
the decision is made to use eminent domain to purchase land against the
will of the owners.
"Columbia has not justified, hasn't explained, why it has to condemn
private property from businesses that have been here for many years,
and from 100 tenants who live here and have lived here for many years,"
said civil rights attorney Norman Siegel.
"It's very unfair what they're doing," said area resident Luisa
Henriquez. "They are going to move us out to bring new students. To
build housing for their new students. What about us?"
Columbia says its expansion plan offers benefits to the community, such
as more park space and will bring life to a neighborhood that is
largely industrial. Still, even one Columbia professor says she isn't
sold on the project.
"I think Columbia desperately needs to expand, but I'm not necessarily
for the expansion as it's currently designed," said professor Susan
Fairstein.
In a statement, Columbia said in part: "Columbia is focused on meeting
the unique needs of New York City and the Upper Manhattan comunity as
it continues to negotiate the purchase of properties needed for the
proposed expansion. The decision to use eminent domain is the State's
and it remains a last resort."
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Feds Act Against Eminent Domain
Measure, Passed by the House, Would Force Users To Forfeit Federal Aid,
Restrict Use by Federal Gov't
By Erin Durkin
Spectator Staff Writer
November 09, 2005
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill
that would discourage the use of eminent domain for economic
development last Thursday.
The bill, known as the Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005,
mandates that any state or local government that uses eminent domain to
forcibly buy property for the sake of economic development forfeit any
federal development aid for two years. The bill would also ban the
federal government from using eminent domain to take property and turn
it over to a private developer in order to create more tax revenue or
jobs or improve economic health.
If signed into law, the bill would provide a powerful disincentive for
localities considering the use of eminent domain in economic
development projects.
The bill, which passed by a vote of 376-38, was a response to the
Supreme Court's ruling this June in Kelo v. New London. In that case,
the court declared that the use of eminent domain for economic
development was constitutional, generating an intense backlash from
property rights advocates across the country.
Co-sponsors of the bill included some of the most conservative as well
as some of the most liberal members of Congress, with conservatives
blasting government infringement on private property rights and
liberals decrying eminent domain's effects on poor and minority
communities.
Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-Harlem) voted for the bill. He did not
return calls for comment. Norman Siegel, the civil rights attorney
representing business owners in West Harlem who fear that Columbia may
use eminent domain to acquire their property to make way for the
proposed Manhattanville campus, hailed the passage of the bill as "an
important step in the right direction." "It sets an example for
state and local governments to pass similar legislation," Siegel
said.
"Hopefully this will create a ripple effect throughout America,
including New York, so that the abuses [of eminent domain] will
stop."
But some business groups were displeased by the passage of the bill.
Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, which
represents city businesses, testified at a State Assembly hearing on
Friday that she was "alarmed" by the House's "precipitous
action."
"The power of cities and states to condemn private property and
assemble sites for development has been an essential component of the
public-private partnerships that have been responsible for most of the
affordable housing, economic, and community development projects that
have been built in American cities over the past three decades,"
Wylde said.
The bill now moves to the Senate, where a corresponding version has
been introduced by Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas).
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