Edgerton Estates, Inc. v. Edward Joy Co.

Petitioner moved for an order pursuant to section 21 of the Lien Law discharging liens of respondents filed as public improvement liens pursuant to section 12 of the Lien Law. Petitioner contends that the improvements are not public improvements within the meaning of the Lien Law by reason of the fact that it is not a public corporation.

Petitioner was organized as a limited-profit housing company pursuant to article 2 of the Private Housing Finance Law. Subsequent to being organized, it entered into an agreement with the New York State Urban Development Corporation (UDC), a public benefit…