Legal Opinion
Van Wagner v. Hyde Park Fire & Water District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 13, 1990PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Hyde Park Fire and Water District (hereinafter the District), in Dutchess County, New York, established in 1860, is a "district corporation” which possesses the power to contract indebtedness in its own name and to levy taxes (Local Finance Law § 2.00 [3] [c]). On August 3, 1987, the Legislature amended the District’s charter to increase its debt limit for capital improvements, and to include three additional parcels of property within its boundaries (L 1987, chs 650, 651). The plaintiffs, 16 individual and corporate property owners who reside within the boundaries of the newly expanded…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City of Rye v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Tilles Investment Co. v. Town of HuntingtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Town of Islip v. CuomoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
3Cited by4 opinions
- New York State Dormitory Authority v. Board of Trustees of Hyde Park Fire & Water DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Schulz v. New York State LegislatureAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Eckelman v. AndersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Culinary Institute of America v. Hyde Park Fire & Water DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999