A public hearing on the county”™s efforts to restrict eminent domain actions is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Sept. 7, at the county office building, 148 Martine Ave., White Plains.
The law “would prohibit county government from using its powers of eminent domain to condemn private property for private use.”
The law also “would prohibit the county from contributing funds or any other support to a project that uses eminent domain or benefits from the use of eminent domain to take private property for private use.”
The legislation has been introduced twice before without passing. Westchester County Board Minority Leader James Maisano, R-New Rochelle, and board Majority Leader Thomas Abinanti, D-Greenburgh, are reintroducing it.
In a press release, the board cited eminent domain proceedings in Yonkers and in Port Chester as the impetus for the legislation.
The hearing is in the Board of Legislator”™s committee meeting room on the eighth floor.
