Selig v. State

The State appeals from a judgment of the Court of Claims awarding damages for a change of grade of a street situated in the City of Yonkers and abutting the property of the claimant. Central Park Avenue in the City of Yonkers was a 100 foot-wide highway and a main artery for vehicular traffic between New York City and White Plains. It was originally built at an established grade which had remained in status quo until the advent of the Thruway. The claimant’s property, none of which was appropriated for the project, was bounded on the east by Central Park Avenue and on the property were ten…