New Jersey Due Process
-New Jersey has a much-maligned rule that it can designate an area as blighted and ready for development. Under the rule, those individuals in the area must challenge within forty-five days or they forever waive their rights to challenge the condemnation. In Harrison, the City waited six years to designate specific properties. This raises substantial due process issues. To date, owners have been unsuccessful in their challenges to the New Jersey procedure, at least in State court.
