B. R. M. Realty Corp. v. Flynn

This is an article 78 proceeding in the nature of mandamus to compel the Common Council of the City of Yonkers and other designated officials to correct the minutes of a meeting held on May 14, 1963, so as to show that a certain ordinance was adopted rather than defeated. The whole proceeding turns on an interpretation of a section of the city’s Zoning Ordinance. The petitioner is a contract vendee of certain real property located in an “ S-50 ” Residence District, from which multiple dwellings are excluded. It filed a petition with the Common Council for an amendment changing the property to…