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January 26, 2016

33rd Annual Advanced ALI CLE Course on Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation 2016

Joshua Rikon will be presenting a course called, Motions Practice: Define, Narrow, Win, at the ALI CLE on eminent domain this Thursday, January 28, 2016. Mr. Rikon will be discussing multiple topics including, dismissal of untimely claims and appraisal reports, motions to preclude appraisal evidence on factual grounds, and motions to preclude appraisal evidence on legal grounds.  Mr. Rikon will conclude with other ways to limit issues at trial, including stipulating to issues and requesting bifurcated trials. Mr. Rikon will be joined by Joshua E. Baker, Esq. of Waldo &… read more

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January 19, 2016

Staten Island Real Estate Developer Talk

On January 13, 2016, Michael Rikon gave a roundtable luncheon speech to some of Staten Island’s most prominent real estate developers about New York City’s (“City”) storm water program for Staten Island and how the City chose to condemn wetlands instead of constructing storm sewer lines. The storm water program, the “Bluebelt,” encompasses 16 watersheds and approximately 12,000 acres.  Once the City chose a wetland parcel to condemn, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation would not issue a wetland permit for that parcel. Mr. Rikon discussed the City’s… read more

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January 4, 2016

2015 – Another Successful Year for Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton, P.C.

As Justice Thomas A. Dickerson stated, in Matter of Irvington v Sokolik, 13 Misc3d 1220 [Sup. Ct. West 2006], “a condemnation proceeding is not a private litigation.  There is a constitutional mandate upon the court to give just and fair compensation for property taken.  This means just to the claimant and just to the people who are required to pay for it.”  Yaphank Development Co., Inc. v County of Suffolk, 203 AD2d 280, 609 NYS2d 346 [2d Dept 1994]. Notwithstanding the requirement of just compensation, Condemnors have consistently made low… read more

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