Legal Opinion
Whalen v. Wagner
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 25, 1958PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtYak Yoobhis, J.
This is a taxpayer’s action under section 51 of the General Municipal Law to declare chapters 806 to 809, inclusive, of the Laws of 1955 unconstitutional, and to restrain the Mayor and Board of Estimate of the City of New York from acting thereunder in the condemnation of real property or the taking of other steps for the construction and operation of bridges over Throgs Neck connecting Bronx and Queens, or over the Narrows, connecting Kings and Richmond Counties (Brooklyn and Staten Island). Plaintiffs also seek to restrain the construction of a second deck to the George Washington bridge…
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