This piece, originally published in August 2011 and related to this resource about the Occupy Movement, discusses the propsect of New York using higher education as a "potent force for economic development." The article discusses how the city's colleges and universities are "using every possible planning and zoning tool: eminent domain, rezoning, leasing, trading air rights, public-private partnerships, strategic acquisitions, and of course, contributing space for public purposes" to acquire land/space, expand their campuses and to attract students and faculty.