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Bullying homeowners off their land for a taxpayer-subsidized factory
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13:55Now PlayingNew York's "investment of the century" comes at a high cost for the people whose homes must be bulldozed to make way for a Micron semiconductor plant.
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Britta Serog and her family have lived at the end of Burnet Road, on the outskirts of Syracuse, New York, for decades. Serog’s home and the surrounding lands are now under threat – thanks to a combination of federal subsidies and eminent domain, a legal concept that allows the government to forcibly take ownership of their property.
She is one of the few holdouts who remains steadfast in her opposition to the county's plan to seize land along Burnet Road in order to clear the way for a massive semiconductor factory. President Joe Biden has hailed the project as proof that his "Made In America" economic agenda is a success. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has called it "the investment of the century." For Serog and her neighbors, however, the project is something else entirely. It's the end of the place they have called home for decades.
"Taking somebody's private land and giving it to another private company. Is that the government's place? I don't think so."
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