Michael Rikon

December 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal

After much debate, President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law. There is money for projects in most states which will require taking private property. In his Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, Michael Rikon reviews what is in the infrastructure package and asks: Is your office ready for the cases that will be coming?

By Michael Rikon

8 minute read

October 25, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The recent decision by Judge E. Loren Williams in 'Cedar Manor Acquisition LLC v. The Assessor of the Town of Ossining' is the focus of Michael Rikon's Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column.

By Michael Rikon

8 minute read

August 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal

In this edition of his Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, Michael Rikon discusses recent decisions involving eminent domain.

By Michael Rikon

7 minute read

June 22, 2021 | New York Law Journal

In June 2021, TC Energy abandoned plans for the Keystone XL pipeline.

By Michael Rikon

7 minute read

April 26, 2021 | New York Law Journal

In his Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, Michael Rikon writes: Valuation of real estate during contemporary times is challenged and will continue to be so for several years. In a forced sale, a court should only consider pre-COVID-19 data whether it be comparable sales from 2018-2019, or financial data from the same period.

By Michael Rikon

8 minute read

February 22, 2021 | New York Law Journal

According to the Sierra Club, "Ultimately the destructive border wall must be torn down. Constructing a wall has stripped environmental, cultural and health protections from border communities, bulldozed through Tribal sites and burial grounds, and left irreversible scars on wildlife habitat and local towns."

By Michael Rikon

7 minute read

December 21, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Article 2 of New York's Eminent Domain Procedure Law sets forth the prescribed way that property is to be acquired by eminent domain.

By Michael Rikon

10 minute read

October 26, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In this column on Condemnation and Tax Certiorari, Michael Rikon and Jonathan Houghton discuss the recent decision in 'Staten Island Land Corp.' which has done much to fix some of the problems with advance payments and sandbagging therein.

By Michael Rikon and Jonathan Houghton

8 minute read

June 22, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In his column on Condemnation and Tax Certiorari, Michael Rikon examines how the line between an eminent domain taking and regulating property to prevent harm to the public interest starts to blur in connection with pandemic orders.

By Michael Rikon

7 minute read

February 24, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In his Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, Michael Rikon discusses three cases decided by the Supreme Court in 2019 regarding property takings: 'Knick v. Township of Scott, 'Timbs v. Indiana,' and 'Ceder Point Nursery v. Shirema'.

By Michael Rikon

8 minute read