Legal Opinion
Matter of Friends of Petrosino Sq. v. Sadik-Khan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 10, 2015No. 14459 100888/13PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Cynthia S. Kern, J.), entered October 24, 2013, which denied the petition challenging respondents’ decision, dated April 27, 2013, to install a CitiBike Share station at Petrosino Square based on a finding that the installation did not violate the public trust doctrine, and dismissed the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
It is assumed for purposes of this decision that Petrosino Square is dedicated parkland that implicates the common-law public trust doctrine, pursuant to which “legislative approval is…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Union Square Park Community Coalition, Inc. v. New York City Department of Parks & RecreationNew York Court of Appeals · 2014
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