El Sawah v. Empire State Pipeline

Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court’s determination of damages resulting from defendant’s taking of an easement on claimant’s property is supported by the evidence (see, Buisch v State of New York, 98 AD2d 967; Matter of Rochester Urban Renewal Agency v Lee, 83 AD2d 770). We reject claimant’s contention that the Trial Judge should have disqualified himself. There is no mandatory statutory basis for *929disqualification (see, Judiciary Law § 14), and nothing in the record supports the allegations of claimant that the court harbored bias and prejudice against him.…