Opn. No.

Honorable John K. Mladinov Acting Commissioner NYS Department of Transportation

Based upon your counsel's letter and telephone conversations with John E. Conway of his office and representatives of the Department of Law of the City of New York, a question has arisen whether the Buildings Department of the City of New York may remove commercial billboards erected in violation of the City's zoning laws on two parcels of property in the City owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("MTA") and the Consolidated Rail Corporation ("Conrail"), respectively. We understand that the signs in…