Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, J.
Defendants have thus far been more successful, at the appellate level, in repelling a direct frontal attack on the constitutionality of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Law (Administrative Code of City of New York, ch 8-A) than in applying it to a given factual situation. (Cf. Lutheran Church in Amer. v City of New York, 35 NY2d 121; Matter of Trustees of Sailors’ Snug Harbor v Platt, 29 AD2d 376.) A majority of us now feels that the time for its full, implementation has arrived.
The specific issue presented in this case is whether, as applied to these plaintiffs, the city’s Landmarks…
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