Montgomery v. State

Order, Supreme Court, New York County entered on May 1, 1972, granting plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and denying defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. Special Term issued the pendente lite injunction on January 17, 1972. Its function was to prevent the immediate destruction of a row of townhouses in the Mount Morris Park District in Harlem which have been designated as historic landmarks by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Of course, if the houses are demolished, the plaintiffs and the community will…