Columbia expansion in court today

Columbia University’s plan to expand its campus through eminent domain was slated to be heard in the Appellate Division of The State Supreme Court today. The Singh family, which owns two gas stations in the 17-acre area where Columbia hopes to expand, and Nicholas Sprayregen, who owns four buildings, sued the Empire State Development Corporation for allowing eminent domain to force them out. Columbia’s planned $6 billion expansion received the last government approval it needed yesterday, and the university already owns most of the property it needs for the project.

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