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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Jun 25, 2014, 03:40 PM Jun 2014

Pols Call for Use of Eminent Domain to Stop Home Foreclosures

Paula Duran

Council members Donovan Richards, Daneek Miller and Mark Levine rallied with activists and academics on the step of City Hall today to call on the city to use eminent domain to stop home foreclosures.

They discussed a new report by the left-leaning New York Communities for Change (N.Y.C.C.), which revealed that thousands of African-American and Latino homeowners were still at risk of losing their homes due to foreclosures and underwater mortgages.

Mr. Richards, who represents areas like southeast Queens and the Rockaways that were hard-hit by the foreclosure crisis and Hurricane Sandy, went straight to the point.

Read more at http://observer.com/2014/06/pols-call-for-use-of-eminent-domain-to-stop-home-foreclosures/#ixzz35gK4DUOI

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