DEP required Jett Industries to clean channels at the Wards Island Wastewater Treatment Plant; Jett claimed that cleaning was extra work and sought an additional payment. Jett Industries, Inc. entered into an $116,969,000 contract with the Department of Environmental Protection to rehabilitate the settling system at the Wards Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. During the bidding process DEP, in response to bidders’ questions regarding the cleaning of tanks and channels, notified bidders that contractors were advised that “they are responsible for cleaning the tanks to a level that will allow for safe entry of their workers and for the performance of the work.” Jett thereafter submitted a bid and won the contract. (read more…)

Willis Avenue Bridge. Image Credit: Google Maps.

Construction work on the Willis Avenue Bridge caused flooding on adjacent property. In March 2007, the City acquired by condemnation property adjacent to the property owned by 82 Willis, LLC. The condemnation was in connection with the City’s reconstruction of the Willis Avenue Bridge over the Harlem River. (read more…)

544 W 27th Street. Image Credit: Google Maps

Tenants claimed a permanent residence in loft building. Loft tenants Maria Nazor and Peter Mickle have occupied units 4N and 4S of 544 West 27th Street in Chelsea since 1983 and 1995, respectively. In 2009, after two unsuccessful holdover proceedings, landlord Sydney Sol Group Ltd. (f/k/a Mushlam, Inc.) won a judgement of ejectment against Nazor and Mickle in New York County Supreme Court. In December 2010, the Supreme Court vacated the judgement of ejectment and granted the tenants leave to pursue their rights under the 2010 amendment to the Loft Law before the New York City Loft Board. The 2010 amendment protects tenants of buildings that were residentially occupied by two or more families between 2008 and 2009. (read more…)

Bus sign replaced about a month after it fell on a pedestrian in front of 246 West Houston Street. Image Credit: Google Maps

Pedestrian injured when bus stop sign fell from metal pole and struck him. On July 17, 2013, at around midnight, John T. Bunn was standing beside his parked car in front of 246 West Houston Street near a bus stop sign marked “W. Houston St & Varick St.” While standing at this location, the sign dislodged from its metal post, fell and struck Bunn in the head, causing him serious injuries. (read more…)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image Credit: Google Maps

Street vendors congregated on sidewalk in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Five disabled veterans regularly operated their sidewalk vending businesses outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. City Parks Enforcement Patrol officers, between 2011 and 2013, issued the vendors 298 summonses for “failure to comply with orders to relocate their vending carts.” The officers claimed that the vendors set up their carts approximately twenty feet from the curb when the State statute limits the vendors to three feet from the curb. The officers claimed that the vendors refused to move back to the curb. (read more…)

Dean Anthony W. Crowell and

 Professor Ross Sandler, Director 

cordially invite you to the 169th CityLaw Breakfast

Featuring Speaker

Annette Gordon-Reed, Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Law School

Speaking On:

Policing in America: Writing a New Chapter?

Date: Friday, October 2, 2020

Even though the Center for New York City Law is unable to host our CityLaw Breakfast series in person at New York Law School this fall due to COVID-19, we will continue to present great guest speakers with an opportunity for our guests to participate in the discussion virtually using Zoom. Please join us for our next virtual CityLaw Breakfast. (read more…)