In re Metropolitan Transportation Authority

In a condemnation proceeding, the condemnor, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Futnam County (Tolbert, J.), entered February 25, 2013, which, upon a decision of the same court (La Cava, J.), dated December 4, 2012, made after a nonjury trial, awarded the claimant damages in the principal sum of $3,675,000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

In reviewing a determination made after a nonjury trial, this Court’s “authority is as broad as that of the trial court,” and this Court “may render the judgment it finds warranted by the…