Willets Point businesses hound city for legal fees
After a lengthy eminent domain battle over Queens’ Willets Point, local business owners are still demanding that the city pay...
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Use of eminent domain to seize mortgages erodes basic lending principles: FHFA general counsel
The general counsel for the Federal Housing Finance Agency has come out against a proposed plan to seize underwater mortgage by eminent domain, the...
Ben Bernanke dodges eminent domain mortgage controversy: VIDEO
Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, declined to comment on the controversial plan to use eminent domain law...
Wall Street opposes mortgage restructuring plan championed by Shiller
Wall Street’s largest lobbying firm, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, is crying foul at calls for the...
Shiller calls on eminent domain to boost U.S. housing
Lowering mortgage balances on a national scale to a level that disincentivizes defaulting on underwater homes would save both...
Though eminent domain plan is ditched, Willets Point businesses continue fight against city
Just because the city has scrapped its eminent domain plan for Willets Point, doesn’t mean its fight with neighborhood property owners is over. The...
Related, Sterling near deal for Willets Point mall
The Related Companies and the real estate firm controlled by the New York Mets ownership, Sterling Equities, are closing...
Still more Atlantic Yards holdouts crimping Bruce Ratner’s style
Two more holdouts are standing in Bruce Ratner’s way at Atlantic Yards, except in this case, the developer doesn’t...
Dozens rally against Columbia expansion
Upwards of 50 of protesters gathered outside Columbia University’s employment center yesterday evening, alleging that the university hasn’t lived up to its promise to create jobs as part of its $6.3 billion Manhattanville expansion,...
Activists set to protest Columbia expansion
Columbia University A local activist group is planning to gather outside Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus tomorrow evening to protest the university’s $6.3 billion expansion plan, putting officials on the defensive. “Hey Columbia, where...