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Al: You Can Call Me, Bruce
Bruce Ratner craves the freedom that eminent domain allows him so badly that
he paid Al D'Amato $400,000 to try his darndest to liberate muncipalities and
states from any potential restrictions the federal government might have tried
to place on their ability to seize private property for whatever use they deem
appropriate. That's a pretty special interest.
From the NY Observer by Eliot Brown:
Blame
It on Eminent Domain! Ratner Pays D’Amato
Forest City Ratner paid former U.S. Senator Al D’Amato’s lobbying
firm $400,000 in 2006 and 2007 to lobby federal legislators regarding eminent
domain and other issues important to the developer of the $4 billion Atlantic
Yards project in downtown Brooklyn.
Forest City paid Mr. D’Amato, who left the Senate in 1998 after his defeat
by Charles Schumer, about $200,000 in 2007 through the lobbying firm he founded,
Park Strategies, according to federal lobbying records. Mr. D’Amato, who
made headlines for getting paid $500,000 to make a phone call in 1999 to clear
the way for a $230 million deal, listed “states use of eminent domain”
as the subject of his efforts on behalf of Forest City, among other issues...
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Posted: 2.26.08
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