AR 197 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Calls upon Cranbury Township Committee to reconsider proposed use of eminent domain to seize historic Henry Farm; calls for State eminent domain reform.

Assembly Resolution 197 calls on Cranbury Township to halt its plan to use eminent domain to seize the Henry family's 21-acre historic farm - owned by the family since 1850 and currently farmed - arguing the action contradicts local farmland preservation efforts. It also urges the state legislature to reform eminent domain laws to prevent taking active farmland for housing, noting New Jersey's goal of preserving 500,000 acres of farmland by 2050. The resolution highlights that Cranbury has already preserved over 2,000 acres of farmland and that the township's approval of the seizure conflicts with its own agricultural heritage and state policy. This resolution does not change law but formally requests reconsideration of the township's housing-focused eminent domain action.
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Introduced Jun 27, 2025 Last action Jun 27, 2025
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