Curran v. City of New York

This is an action brought by plaintiff, a taxpayer, against the defendants praying for a judgment declaring invalid and setting aside (a) certain grants, given without consideration, of lands and easements by the City of Hew York to the United Hations for the headquarters site on the east side of Manhattan, (b) the allocation of funds by the board of estimate for the improvement, access to and widening of streets in the area surrounding the headquarter’s site, (c) the exemption from taxation of the site and (d) the temporary use by the United Hations of the Hew York City Building in Flushing…