Legal Opinion
Coalition Against Lincoln West, Inc. v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 7, 1983PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ross, J. P.
The New York City Board of Estimate (Board), on September 16, 1982, with one dissenter, approved resolutions which permit respondent Lincoln West Associates (LWA), a private developer, to construct a large-scale residential and commercial project on the site of the so-called “60th Street Penn Yards”.
Beginning in the early 1960’s, with the bankruptcy of the New York Central Railroad, and continuing up to the present, this site has been a decaying eyesore. Occupied by an inactive railroad yard, it is cluttered with obsolete or abandoned equipment, dilapidated…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Town of Henrietta v. Department of Environmental ConservationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Webster Associates v. Town of WebsterNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Franco v. ZingarelliAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Town of Candor v. FlackeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
3Cited by32 opinions
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