Fight Erupts When City Takes Private Property for ‘Park’
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But Supreme Court charges eminent domain case was pretextual
A fight has erupted over a decision by the Long Island town of Southold to take private property that the owners of a chain of hardware stores bought for a new location.
The problem is that the town took the land against the wishes of the owners using eminent domain, but it had no legitimate reason for doing that.
According to officials at the Institute for Justice, that’s known because the city insisted it needed the land for a “park,” but that turned out to be a “passive park” with no cleanup,
