Nearly five years after Cayuga County last had an administrator, legislators will vote later this month to appoint a longtime department head as county manager.
The developer of a $14.4 million project to build a new cancer treatment center for Auburn Community Hospital is seeking more than $4 million in tax breaks to help finance
that s not right. did you think this could happen in america? no, i never thought it would happen here. you know, it happens in america, but mostly, for schools and roads and bridges and all that, utilities. but never for something like this. well, mike says he will fight to the end. there will be a hearing on may fifth on whether or not the city will have to use eminent domain. jon: what s the city say about why they re doing it? reporter: the city says they re allowed under the 2005 supreme court ruling if it s for the public good, they say the hotel project is for the public good, it will help taxes, increase revenue, they say the property owners will be compensated fairly, at fair market values, and their rights are not being violated. jaime dacy is head of the auburn industrial development agency, he says this could be a proper use of eminent domain. do you think the government should take property? you have to look at the reason for it.