Smith v. City of New York

This appeal presents the issue of the respective liabilities of the parties to this action for an assessable improvement made pursuant to the provisions of chapter 12 of the New York City Charter adopted November 3, 1936, as amended, effective January 1, 1938. The present Charter adopted in 1961, effective January 1, 1963, made drastic changes (ch. 9) in the methods of authorizing and financing such improvements. The events with which we are concerned took place before the effective date of the latest Charter and section 300 thereof recognized the city’s liability to pay for improvements…