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Masters of Their Domain
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In the same week that a committee of Community Board 9 voted unanimously on a zoning and development plan in sharp contrast with the Columbia's Manhattanville project, university officials issued a statement pledging not to ask the state to use eminent domain in order to evict residents currently in the 17-acre expansion area. Coincidence? While some community officials celebrated this mini-victory in the New York Observer, the Columbia Spectator noted the university had already agreed not to use eminent domain against residents -- and was merely repeating itself.
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