Columbia's Landgrab

[zapfino]

<p>Oh, who owns New York?
Oh, who owns New York?
Oh, who owns New York the people say.
Why, we own New York!
Why, we own New York!
C-O-L-U-M-B-I-A! </p>

<p>Columbia</a> University Wins Fight for West Harlem Campus - NYTimes.com</p>

<p>Not exactly something to cheer about when the State steals from a private individual to give to a private corporation.</p>

[admissionsgeek]

<p>well if we are going to be honest “forcing a private individual to sell his property at market-rate” is not quite stealing, though it does challenge the notion of sacrosanct private property (which if you actually look at history has been FAR from sacrosanct).</p>