Metzner v. State

Cross appeals from two separate judgments in favor of claimants, entered January 8, 1969, upon a decision of the Court of Claims awarding damages in the amount of $2,394,750 for the taking of approximately 40 acres. This court has on prior occasions considered land values of property in close proximity to the present and also the issue of reasonable probability of a zoning change to commercial use. (See Albany Country Club v. State of New York, 19 A D 2d 199, ail’d. 13 N Y 2d 1085; City of Albany v. State of New York, 16 A D 2d 163.) ■ The appropriated lands are located at the southeasterly…