In re City of New York

We held in the Feltman case (Matter of City of New York [Public Beach], 230 App. Div. 299) that the title to the foreshore was not in the city of New York by virtue of the colonial grants to the town of Gravesend. As to those parcels of land under water in the tideway or foreshore, granted by the State to certain appellants in this proceeding or their predecessors in title, such appellants are, therefore, entitled to an award for such title as they respectively possess.

In our opinion, also,.the Special Term erred in making an arbitrary and uniform award of fifteen dollars per lineal foot of…