Third Department Reaffirms That Private Ownership with Public Purpose Okay Under the Public Trust Doctrine
By EsqSocial Corporation 11/05/21
The Public Trust Doctrine holds that when a municipality acquires land for an expressly public purpose, it cannot later sell or otherwise alienate the use of that land for private use without the State Legislature’s approval (see e.g. 10 E. Realty, LLC v Inc. Vill. of Valley Stream, 17 AD3d 474, 476 [2d Dept 2005])....
By: Farrell Fritz, P.C.