Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Developer: We don't need eminent domain

Developer: We don't need eminent domain

Brian Amaral

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012

State senators who want to block a the construction of a power pipeline from Quebec to New York City might have just hit a bottleneck of their own.

The legislation that they've introduced would prevent the company from acquiring property by eminent domain (which allows companies to force you to sell them your property; it's much more descriptive in the British description: compulsory purchase). But there's just one problem: The company isn't planning to use eminent domain, said its president, Don Jessome.


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