Reply to "Farewell Charming Old New York: Part 2"

hatchesSage

You're right Lex, NY State does limit "Eminent Domain" a great deal. However, we are also the state and municipality that invented the insidious concept of the "Authority"-- something that is beholden to nothing-- practically no limit or law or democratic process-- but itself. These include locally, The Port Authority, the Triboro Bridge and Tunnel Authority and many many others.
Who thought up this concept and created these monsters? Why Robert Moses of course. And the worst thing about them is that they are, by necessity, self-perpetuating.

6/25/0512:21 PM

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