Legal Opinion
Lemme v. Dolan
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 9, 1990Published
1Opinion of the Court
*818OPINION OF THE COURT
Joseph Harris, J.
Neither anything in section 96-a of the General Municipal Law, nor article 5-K thereof, which are the legal sources for municipal historical preservation ordinances, authorizes a municipal corporation to impose restoration costs upon the owner of property in a designated historic district. Thus spoke the Court of Appeals in FGL & L Prop. Corp. v City of Rye (66 NY2d 111 [1985]).
Petitioner is the owner of premises located at 207 Lark Street in the City of Albany, New York, in the Center Square/ Hudson Park Historic District, which is subject to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Fred F. French Investing Co. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Lutheran Church in America v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- FGL & L Property Corp. v. City of RyeNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Wolk v. ReisemAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979