People ex rel. McAvoy v. Leo

The question submitted on this motion concerns the validity of a permit to erect and maintain *256a garage upon the premises known as Nos. 8716 and 8718 Sixteenth avenue, in the borough of Brooklyn. The superintendent of buildings had refused to issue a permit, and upon an appeal being taken by the property owner pursuant to law, the board of appeals having jurisdiction thereof pursuant to the powers conferred upon such board by chapter 503 of the Laws of 1916 and the acts amendatory thereof, and also by virtue of section 20 of the Building Zone Besolution of the board of estimate and…