Jo & Wo Realty Corp. v. City of New York

Rosenberger,

J. (dissenting). The issue in this appeal is whether defendant-respondent the City of New York (the City), has complied with the legal requirements governing dispositions of city-owned property in its sale of the Coliseum site at Columbus Circle in Manhattan to defendant-respondent Boston Properties.1 Plaintiff-appellant commenced this taxpayer’s action pursuant to General Municipal Law § 51 to enjoin *222the proposed sale on the ground that the City failed to comply with the competitive bidding requirements of the New York City Charter § 384 (b).2 Respondents successfully moved for…