Haverstraw village decides not to limit its powers under eminent domain
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- July
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The Haverstraw village board this week told Bruce Kanner, one of the owners of the former Empire State Chair Factory, that the village decided not to adopt a local law limiting the village’s powers under eminent domain.
The chair factory’s 10-acre waterfront property was recently condemned by the village, despite court challenges by the owners.
Kanner has been pushing for the local law to be adopted so that no other property owners would have to go through an ordeal similar to his.
Nationwide, 42 states and some local communities, including Yorktown in Westchester County, have adopted legislation limiting the economic development portion of the eminent domain laws.
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on Thursday, July 17th, 2008 at 6:45 pm by Akiko Matsuda. 
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