In re Acquiring Title by the City of New York to Certain Lands

This is a proceeding in condemnation to fix the awards to be made to former owners of property located in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, between East Twenty-ninth street and East Thirtieth street, and First avenue and the East river, which property was acquired by the city in December, 1926, for the construction of a psychopathic pavilion for Bellevue Hospital. There are thirteen parcels involved, ten of which are of the old-fashioned tenement house type, and three occupied by factories or plants. I have viewed the property, as required by section 1445 of the charter of the city…