Eminent domain hearing slated

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.