TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

The Supreme Court has refused to reassess the New York State Court of Appeals’ decision that New York can use eminent domain to seize property to hand over to Columbia University:

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision to deny the property owners’ appeal—the last recourse for Nick Sprayregen, owner of Tuck-It-Away Self-Storage, and gas station owners Gurnam Singh and Parminder Kaur, who have refused for the past six years to sell their land to the University.

This gives a clear green light for the state to use eminent domain on behalf of Columbia’s 17-acre campus expansion in West Harlem. The Supreme Court will not reassess a June ruling from the New York State Court of Appeals, which said that the state could transfer private property to the University in exchange for market-rate compensation for the current owners.

Kelo all over again.