Here's how she starts her brief about the latest from the now infamous Atlantic Rail Yards.  "This week the proposed redevelopment of an area in Brooklyn, NY known as Atlantic Yards, cleared another hurdle in what is turning out to be protracted litigation.  Basing its holding on State constitutional authority that accords government “broad power to take and clear substandard and insanitary areas for redevelopment,” The New York Court of Appeals upheld the use of eminent domain by the New York State Empire State Development Corporation to acquire parcels that the project developer was unable to secure through voluntary negotiation with property owners.  It seems as though the Court may have been frustrated in reaching its conclusion, commenting that it is possible that the bar has been set too low on what will now pass as blight, but that this a matter for the Legislature and not for the courts."

Read all about it on Patty's blog:  Law of the Land