Legal Opinion
City of Utica v. Town of Frankfort
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 14, 2008PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
In this special proceeding commenced pursuant to article 17 of the General Municipal Law (“Municipal Annexation Law”), petitioner City of Utica sought annexation of approximately 225 acres of property owned by intervenor-respondent (Masonic Care Community or MCC), which supported the proposed annexation, from respondents Town of Frankfort and Herkimer County, which opposed annexation.
Pursuant to General Municipal Law § 712, the Appellate Division appointed three Referees to hear evidence and report on whether the proposed annexation was in the overall public…
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