Ferran v. City of Albany

Lahtinen, J.P.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Devine, J.), entered July 26, 2012 in Albany County, which, in a combined proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 and plenary action, granted certain respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition/complaint.

Following a fire at a building owned by petitioner Nadia Fer-ran, officials in the City of Albany Fire Department determined that the building was in imminent danger of collapse constituting an immediate threat to public safety. An independent engineer agreed and an emergency demolition was then ordered, which began the day of the fire…