MATTER OF FRIENDS OF VAN VOORHIS PARK, INC. v. CITY OF NEW YORK


216 A.D.2d 259 (1995)

628 N.Y.S.2d 688

In the Matter of Friends of Van Voorhis Park, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. City of New York et al., Respondents, and Long Island College Hospital, Intervenor-Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 29, 1995


This appeal involves the sale by the City, pursuant to authority granted by special State legislation, as required by General City Law § 20 (2), of a parcel of park land to Long Island College Hospital for development as a parking garage. The legislation, while allowing the Board of Estimate to set conditions and terms, specifically granted the authority to sell, to the City as an entity, and not to a particular branch of its government. Therefore, the dissolution of...

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