Irving Trust Co. v. President of Borough of Manhattan

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

For many years the Borough President has exercised authority to approve applications by property owners for redesignation of building identifications as distinguished from changes of street names (Administrative Code of City of New York, § 82[3]-2.0). As in other instances of the exercise of such authority the change of designation here did not involve a street number within the literal language of the code. Nonetheless we agree with both courts below that the Borough *820President’s authority…