Appellate Hearing TODAY !

GET ON THE BUS - June 1 - as we go

to the Court of Appeals in Albany

to watch New York's highest court hear

arguments in the eminent domain lawsuit.

 No Eminent Domain in West Harlem! 

 

 

THE BUS IS FREE! BOX LUNCH WILL BE SERVED!

 

Arrive by 8:15 AM

 

DEPART: 8:30 AM

 

from the corner of Broadway & Tiemann Pl (which is 124th)

 

 

The hearing will be at 2PM in Albany, and the bus will head back

to Harlem when the hearing for our case is over

 

PLEASE RSVP: 917-969-0669 - 212-666-1808 - bfrappy24@aol.com

 

New York State's Appellate Division declared the use of eminent domain to acquire

property for Columbia University's $7 billion expansion in West Harlem unconstitutional.

 

Columbia and state officials have decided to appeal this decision and continue seeking to

forcibly displace community residents and businesses.

 

Join other community residents, business owners, and workers, on a trip to Albany to witness the

Court of Appeals hear the arguments in the legal challenge to the use of eminent domain.

No forced displacement!

No hazardous research in Harlem!

No environmentally unsafe development!

Allow community visions for development to be shared with Columbia's expansion plans.

Columbia's Plan

Columbia University wants to bulldoze 18 acres of West Harlem, displacing families and eliminating businesses and jobs, to develop a hazardous biotech research center, luxury housing and retail, and other facilities, in a cluster of high-rise buildings that it would exclusively control. All of Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights, and Hamilton Heights are at risk:

RISING RENTS across Upper Manhattan

HARASSMENT of Low-Income Tenants

LOSS OF COMMUNITY JOBS, businesses, and facilities

EROSION OF OUR DIVERSITY and neighborhood culture

PUBLIC HEALTH DANGER: hazardous research nearby

We stand united in opposition to this plan, and in support of healthy, community-minded development. Read below to learn about the issues, compare Columbia's plan to our grassroots vision for development, and learn how to join our efforts to preserve our community.

PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION OPPOSING THE PLACEMENT OF DANGEROUS BIOHAZARD LABORATORIES IN WEST HARLEM!