Bay Islip Associates v. State

In a condemnation proceeding, the claimant appeals, on the ground of inadequacy, and the defendant cross-appeals, on the ground of excessiveness, from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Scuccimarra, J.), dated August 3, 2004, which, after a nonjury trial, is in favor of the claimant and against the defendant in the principal sum of $214,281.

Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by reducing the award to the principal sum of $71,092; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Court of Claims for the entry of an…