Hauck v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT

Terry Jane Ruderman, J.

This appropriation claim involves an irregularly shaped parcel of land in Putnam County which comprised four contiguous parcels described on the tax map of the Town of Carmel, County of Putnam, as lots 65.20-1-1, 65.20-1-3, 65.20-1-4 and 65.20-1-9 (hereinafter 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-9). On October 12, 1999, as part of *771the Putnam County Bikeway II project to create a bicycle path, the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) appropriated 4.41 acres of claimant’s property that had frontage on Weber Hill Road and an access easement over Old Wood Road…