Gerges v. Koch
New York Court of Appeals
POINTS OP COUNSEL I. The 1975 New York City Charter was primarily intended to empower local Community Boards. The City acted unlawfully by failing to submit the selection of this site for capital expenditures to Uniform Land Use Review Procedures. (Matter of Industrial Comr. v Five Corners Tavern, 47 NY2d 639.) II.
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POINTS OP COUNSEL I. The 1975 New York City Charter was primarily intended to empower local Community Boards. The City acted unlawfully by failing to submit the selection of this site for capital expenditures to Uniform Land Use Review Procedures. (Matter of Industrial Comr. v Five Corners Tavern, 47 NY2d 639.) II. The City acted unlawfully and in violation of its Charter provisions by failing to submit its acquisition of control over this property by purported license for use as a jail to the Uniform Land Use Review Procedures. {Maul-din v New York City Tr. Auth., 64 AD2d 114; Miller v City…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
We are urged on this appeal to reverse the determination of the Appellate Division and to enjoin respondents from implementing their proposal to convert and use the Brig at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a medium security prison.
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