Appellate Division Affirms 75% Increment Applicable to Wetlands Taking
Yesterday the Appellate Division, Second Department decided In re Matter of New Creek Bluebelt, Phase 4. Lawrence N. Paolella, et al., v. City of New York, in which it affirmed the findings of Supreme...
View ArticleAppellate Division Affirms $4.3 Million Award in Metro North Brewster Station...
Last Wednesday the Appellate Division, Second Department decided Matter of Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Etc. v. Longridge Associates, LP (Index No. 1877/03) and affirmed the lower court’s...
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View ArticleMichael Rikon to Present on Cross Examination at ALI CLE Conference in San...
Michael Rikon will be presenting on the “Cross Examining Appraisers: Taking Apart the Key Witness” at this year’s ALI CLE Eminent Domain and Land Value Litigation Conference. The Conference will be...
View Article596 Acres Exhibit Explores Urban Renewal Plans & Eminent Domain Use
Michael Rikon will be leading a discussion of the law of eminent domain at the Queens Museum on January 18, 2015. The program is part of an exhibit organized by 596 acres that will examine all 155+...
View ArticleGoldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton, P.C. Recognized as a “Legal Leader”
Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton, P.C. was recently recognized as a one of “New York Area’s Top Rated Lawyers of 2014″ by Legal Leaders magazine. The list can be seen in New York magazine, the...
View ArticleCourt of Claims Issues Two Decisions on Distribution Proceedings
The Court of Claims decided two decisions last week that will, hopefully, obviate the need for Claimant’s condemnation counsel to bring distribution proceedings on behalf of their clients in New York....
View ArticleThe Valuation of Real Property in a Condemnation Case
Art Linkletter had a very popular television show called “Kids Say the Darndest Things.” We would like to appropriate the title and modify it to say “Condemnors Say the Darndest Things.” We admit,...
View ArticleThe 2015 Real Estate Economic Forecast
Dr. Mark Zandi, presenting the 2015 Economic Forecast held by the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the Appraisal Institute I attended the 2015 Economic Forecast held by the Metropolitan New York...
View ArticleCould New York City’s Requirement to Build Affordable Housing Effect a Taking?
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to create or preserve 200,000 affordable units of housing in the next decade. Among the several proposals being considered, one idea is to amend or...
View ArticleSUPREME COURT DENIES REVIEW OF “QUICK TAKE” PIPELINE TAKING
On October 1, 2019, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari to review a landowners’ appeal from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Givens v Mountain Valley Pipeline. The issue is...
View ArticleOH MY, THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE IS LEAKING
You remember the Keystone Pipeline. President Trump signed an Executive Order on January 24, 2017 reviving the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipeline projects. Former President Barak Obama...
View ArticleDamage resulting from a police action is not a taking
A takings claim was recently denied by the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit in Lech v Jackson, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 32393 [10th Cir Oct. 29, 2019, No. 18-1051]. The claim was made...
View ArticleDAMAGES FOR FLOODING ARE ALL WET IN A CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING.
The First Department handed down an interesting decision distinguishing an eminent domain claim from a tort claim. In 82 Willis, LLC v The City of New York, ____ AD3d ____ [1st Dept 2019],...
View ArticlePIPELINES RAISE CRITICAL AND WELL-FOUNDED CONCERNS.
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a dispute over a natural gas pipeline’s crossing of the Appalachian Trail. Developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline fought a 4th U.S. Circuit Court...
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