State Declares Columbia Expansion Site Blighted

Summary: New York Times published this article on July 17, 2008, and the EveryBlock system found it to be geographically relevant to Empire State Development Corporation in New York. Below, you can read the article excerpt that mentions the given location and follow the link to read the full article.

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The Empire State Development Corporation today declared “blighted” a 17-acre swath of West Harlem where Columbia University is seeking to expand, a major step toward allowing the state to use eminent domain to acquire the property of two businesses that have declined to sell their land to the university. Read the full article at the original source (New York Times)…

Location Empire State Development Corporation
Publication date July 17, 2008
Source New York Times

Added to EveryBlock on July 17, 2008.