In the nearly six years since the US Court decided Kelo v. New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005), New Jersey has tightened its judicial standards quite a bit for eminent domain takings (See: Gallenthin v. Paulsboro, 924 A.2d 447 [N.J. 2007]), while New York’s courts seems to be going in another direction.

Score one for federalism, I guess.