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Appellate Division – Second Department Docket No. 2008-07074
COURT OF APPEALSof theSTATE OF NEW YORK
_____________________________ DANIEL GOLDSTEIN, PETER WILLIAMS ENTERPRISES, INC., 535 CARLTONAVE.REALTY CORP., PACIFIC CARLTON DEVELOPMENT CORP., THE GELINGROUP, LLC, CHADDERTON’S BAR AND GRILL INC. d/b/a FREDDY’S BAR AND BACKROOM, MARIA GONZALEZ, JACKIE GONZALEZ, YESENIAGONZALEZ and DAVID SHEETS,
Petitioners-Appellants
,
-against- NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION d/b/aEMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,
Respondent-Respondent
.
BRIEF FOR AMICUS CURIAEWILLETS POINT UNITED, INC.
GOLDSTEIN, GOLDSTEIN,RIKON& GOTTLIEB, P.C.
Attorneys for Amicus Curiae,Willets Point United, Inc.
80 Pine Street, 32
nd
Floor New York, New York 10005(212) 422-4000Of Counsel:Michael Rikon Dated: August 21, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTSPageTABLE OF CONTENTS.............................................................................iTABLE OF AUTHORITIES..............................................................ii,iii,ivPRELIMINARY STATEMENT………………………………………….1INTEREST OF THE AMICUS CURIAE..................................................1STATEMENT OF FACTS.........................................................................4ARGUMENT ……………………………………………………………..5THIS COURT SHOULD HOLD THAT PRIVATEPROPERTY MAY NOT BE TAKEN EXCEPTFOR A PUBLIC USE ……………………………….…….…..………….5 NEW YORK’S CONSTITUTION ONLY ALLOWSEMINENT DOMAIN FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE…………..…………10CONCLUSION……………………………………………………..……22i
TABLE OF AUTHORITIESCase(s) Page(s)
Aspospornos v Urban Redevelopment Comm.,
790 A2d 1167 (Conn., 2002) ....................................................................20
Brown v Legal Foundation of Wash.
,
538 U.S. 216 (2003).....................................................................................6
Chicago B&Q Railroad v Chicago
,
166 U.S. 226 (1897).....................................................................................5
City of Norwood v Horne,
110 Ohio St 3d 353 (2006) .......................................................................20
City of Yonkers v Otis Elevator Company,
844 F2d 42 (2d Cir 1988) .........................................................................13
County of Wayne v Hathcock,
471 Mich. 445, 684 NW2d 765 (2004)………….………………………18
Courtesy Sandwich Shop, Inc.v Port of New York and New Jersey Authority,
12 NY2d 379 (1963) .................................................................................11
Didden v Village of Port Chester,
173 Fed Appx 931 (2d Cir 2006)cert den 549 U.S. 1166 (2007) ………….……….………………….……7
Greenwich Assocs v Metropolitan Transp Auth,
152 AD2d 216 (1989) ...............................................................................14
Hawaii Housing Authority v Midkiff,
467 U.S. 229 (1984).....................................................................................7ii
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