Legal Opinion
Stone v. Town of Clarkstown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 1, 2011PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*747The plaintiffs are the owners of certain real property located in the defendant Town of Clarkstown, which is accessible only by a bridge over the eastern branch of the Hackensack River. They commenced this action against, among others, the Town, alleging, inter alia, that certain drainage projects undertaken by the Town to mitigate upstream flooding conditions caused damage to their own property, and impaired their ability to use the bridge to access their property. Their notice of claim was filed on June 5, 2007. According to the plaintiffs, the drainage projects significantly increased the…
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- Doran v. Town of CheektowagaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
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