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Johnston Town Council votes to allow eminent domain of land originally meant for affordable housing

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JOHNSTON, R.I. (WLNE) — The Johnston Town Council voted Thursday to allow Mayor Joseph Polisena, Jr. to take land originally meant for an affordable housing development via eminent domain. The mayor had originally announced in December that he was going to take the land on George Waterman Road through eminent domain to construct a new public safety complex. However, the owners of the land, the Santora family, sued the mayor and the town in March…

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ABC6 broke the news in Rhode Island, United States on Friday, April 4, 2025.
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