Opinion
Argued November 15, 1939
Decided November 30, 1939
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, ROSENMAN, J.
William C. Chanler, Corporation Counsel ( Hyman W. Kehl and Arthur A. Segall of counsel), for appellants.
H.H. Nordlinger, Harold Riegelman and Jacob M. Dinnes for respondent.
Ira S. Robbins for New York State Superintendent of Housing, amicus curiae.
Order affirmed, with costs, on the ground that the assessment is a tax and not one for a local improvement. No opinion.
Concur: CRANE, Ch. J., LEHMAN, HUBBS, LOUGHRAN, FINCH and RIPPEY, JJ. Taking no part: O'BRIEN, J.