Fred F. French Investing Company, Inc. v. City of New York, Appellant-Respondent, and Ramsgate Properties, Inc.

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the Appellate Division, holding that the 1972 amendment to the New York City Zoning Resolution creating a Special Park District and rezoning private parks exclusively for public use was an unconstitutional, unreasonable exercise of the police power that violated due process, and therefore no compensation for a taking is due.