Amsterdam Urban Renewal Agency v. Johnson

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered. June 30, 1976 in Montgomery County, which confirmed a report of Commissioners of Appraisal. In October, 1972 the Amsterdam Urban Renewal Agency (agency) initiated condemnation proceedings to condemn a right of way 12 feet wide and 180 feet long which was owned by appellant and linked appellant’s funeral parlor with Pearl Street in the City of Amsterdam. Prior to the filing of the condemnation petition the agency had prepared and filed in its office a map showing a reservation of a new easement or right of way linking…