The Specter of Condemnation: What Isn't Public Use?
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Most observers wouldn't consider luxury condos and a privately owned basketball arena with lucrative naming rights accruing solely to the developer -- Atlantic Yards -- to be a "public use."
Daniel Goldstein | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York