Rapps v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for the wrongful demolition of a building, the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Aliotta, J.), dated June 1, 2007, as granted that branch of the defendant’s motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, with costs, and that branch of the defendant’s motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.
In the exercise of its police powers “[a] municipality may demolish a…
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