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Alerts and Events: Eminent domain
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Action alerts, Law, New York •
Source: Advocates for Prattsburgh | Action alerts, Law, New York
Eminent domain alert — Prattsburgh, N.Y.
On April 22, 2008, the Town Board of Prattburgh in Steuben County, NY, resolved to authorize the commencement of condemnation proceedings under the EDPL against eight specific landowners and against “any other property” along several specific roads in order to secure easements for transmission lines for Windfarm Prattsburgh, a “First Wind” (formerly known as UPC) project. This hearing comes after five years of struggle. Hundreds of people have appealed to the Town Board, the DEC, NYSERDA, the PSC, the Governor, . . .