Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Real Estate & Property Law Blogs -> New York Zoning and Municipal Law Blog

Real Estate & Property Law

: New York Zoning and Municipal Law Blog

N.Y. Court of Appeals Reverses Appellate Division and Says Columbia University Condemnation May Proceed

By Steven Silverberg and Katherine Zalantis

In a rebuke to the Appellate Division First Department, the New York Court of Appeals today held that the condemnation of land on the upper west side of Manhattan to benefit Columbia University may go forward. In Matter of Kaur v New York State Urban Dev. Corp., the Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division rejection of the proposed condemnation and, in reliance on its recent holding in Matter of Goldstein v. New York State Urban Development Corporation, held that the findings of (1) blight, (2) that the petitioner's property qualified as a "land use improvement project" and (3) the finding of a "civic purpose" to the project, were "rationally based and entitled to deference." The proposal is for development of a new 17 acre campus for Columbia University...continue to full post

Full post as published by New York Zoning and Municipal Law Blog on June 24, 2010 (boomark / email).