In re New York Convention Center Development Corp.

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Stanley Parness, J.), entered January 7, 1993, which granted claimant-respondent’s application to recover costs and attorney’s fees, pursuant to EDPL 701, only to the extent of awarding $82,500, is unanimously modified, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, to increase the awards to claimant to $120,250 for attorney’s fees, $38,979 for appraisal fees, $3,792 for expenses, and otherwise affirmed, without costs. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly.

Initially, we find that the trial court’s decision to award $40,000 in…