In re Municipal Housing Authority of Schenectady

This is a condemnation proceeding. Only two properties are involved on this appeal, one parcel owned by respondent Bose Levine and another owned by respondent Mary Gallo. We will take up the third appeal first, because in view of the conclusion we have reached on that appeal, the others become academic.

As a part of a slum clearance program plaintiff-appellant has acquired by purchase all of the property in a certain area designated for clearance except the two parcels here involved. In March, 1952, condemnation proceedings were started to acquire these two parcels, and commissioners of…