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· 11/9/1944

People ex rel. Horowitz v. Sheriff

Citations

  • 268 A.D. 911
  • 51 N.Y.S.2d 232
  • 1944 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4215

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  • noting, however, that it was not necessary to decide “the extent to which, if at all, the protections of the ‘Takings Clause’ of the New York State Constitution differ from those under the Federal Constitution.”
  • ordinance intended to preserve \single room occupancy\ housing effectively required owners to rent their properties indefinitely to strangers
  • evaluation of whether there is a substantial interest requires consideration of whether there is a sufficiently close nexus between burdens and end advanced as justification for them
  • “Under the traditional conception of property, the most important of the various rights of an owner is the right of possession which includes the right to exclude others from occupying or using the space.”
  • considering federal and state takings claims together

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