Kaskel v. Impellitteri

The nature of this suit and its procedural history, as well as the constitutional and statutory provisions which authorize slum, clearance and redevelopment by cities, are so carefully described in the dissenting opinion as to make repetition unnecessary. The position is this: plaintiff, as a taxpayer, disputes the conclusion of various qualified public bodies and officers that the area, in' Manhattan, bounded by Columbus Circle, Broadway, Eighth Avenue, Ninth Avenue, West 58th and West 59th Street, is “ substandard and insanitary ”. Plaintiff says it is not, and demands that the courts hold…