In re Providing a Water Supply for the City of New York

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Smyk, J.), entered November 20, 1987 in Delaware County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to Administrative Code of the City of New York, chapter 51, title K, inter alia, granted claimant’s cross motion to confirm a report of the Commissioners of Appraisal.

*764Now deceased, claimant worked as a self-employed carpenter, electrician, plumber, and refrigeration repairman in the vicinity of what is now the Pepacton Reservoir in Delaware County. In 1954 he filed a claim against the City of New York for loss of business allegedly due to…