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Darwak v. City of New York __ Appellate Decision

Posted 2021
Author
Robert H. Levin
About This Legal Opinion

In 2017, John Darwak sold a conservation easement on 400 acres to the City of New York for the purpose of protecting the watershed of the City's public drinking supply. He then tried and later unsuccessfully sued to build a structure on his property that violated the easement.

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