MATTER OF ELIZABETH ST. GARDEN, INC. v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Index Nos. 152341/19, 152561/19. Appeal Nos. 555-556 & M-2023-2000-2023-2459. Case Nos. 2022-05170, 2022-05466.

217 A.D.3d 599 (2023)

192 N.Y.S.3d 102

2023 NY Slip Op 03434

In the Matter of Elizabeth Street Garden, Inc., et al., Respondents, v. City of New York et al., Appellants. In the Matter of Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden et al., Respondents, v. City of New York et al., Appellants, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided June 27, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Mackenzie Fillow of counsel), for municipal appellants-respondents.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York ( Kerry T. Cooperman of counsel), for Habitat for Humanity New York City Inc., appellant.

Perkins Coie LLP, New York ( Benjamin Estes of counsel), for RiseBoro Community Partnership Inc., appellant.

Michael S. Gruen , New York, for Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden, Deborah Glick, Yuh-Line Niou, Jeannine Kiely, Kent Barwick, Emily Hellstrom and Barry Loewer, respondents.

Siegel Teitelbaum & Evans, LLP, New York ( Norman Siegel , Herbert Teitelbaum and Goutam Jois of counsel), and McLaughlin & Stern LLP, New York ( Oliver R. Chernon of counsel), for Elizabeth Street Garden, Inc., Renee Green, Elizabeth Street, Inc., Elizabeth Firehouse LLC, and Allan Reiver, respondents-appellants.

Balestriere Fariello, New York ( Vittoria M. Fariello of counsel), for amicus curiae.

Concur—Webber, J.P., Singh, Kennedy, Scarpulla, Pitt-Burke, JJ.


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