Legal Opinion
Town of Cheektowaga v. Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 9, 1981PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Hancock, Jr., J.
Plaintiffs seek a determination that they may collect special sewer district assessments from defendant Niagara *176Frontier Transportation Authority on land within the Town of Cheektowaga and owned by the authority on which it operates the Greater Buffalo International Airport. Sometime prior to 1979 plaintiff town, pursuant to article 12 of the Town Law, established a sewer district which included defendant’s airport property. On January 15, 1980 the town sent to defendant invoices totaling $362,994.47 representing special assessments charged against the…
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