In re County of Suffolk

OPINION OF THE COURT

Unlike the recent cases of Chase Manhattan Bank v State of New York (103 AD2d 211) and Berwick v State of New York (107 AD2d 79), which involved claims that certain wetlands restrictions were themselves confiscatory, the central issue on this wetlands condemnation appeal reflects a more typical valuation problem. Since the property here involved contains sufficient uplands, both sides agree that its highest and best use is as zoned (partly residential and partly business), and that development is both legally and economically feasible. Rather, the main issues dividing…