The Eminent Domain

We’re going to be debating a lot of issues here at The Eminent Domain, but one principle will remain sacrosanct: New Yorkers have to have meaningful opportunities to participate in city planning and development. Our neighborhoods are not a chessboard for real estate investors, okay? Thought you’d agree.

Three years ago the Municipal Art Society launched the Campaign for Community-Based Planning to bring together organizations, from community boards to environmental justice groups, working to increase public participation in city planning through a five-point platform. (Point #2, just to give you an idea: “The City must view communities as partners, not adversaries.”)

Now the Campaign has launched a blog, including a calendar of important public hearings. Happy birthday to you too.