Michael Rikon

August 29, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, Michael Rikon and Jonathan Houghton, partners at Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton write: Condemnation is not a private litigation but rather the enforcement of a constitutional mandate that just compensation is to be paid.

By Michael Rikon and Jonathan Houghton

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May 04, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In their Condemnation and Tax Certiorari, Goldstein, Rikon & Rikon partners M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon write that New York's State Constitution provides two different formulas for fixing value in a condemnation claim and for tax assessment purposes. Some courts might permit the introduction of assessed value of property in a condemnation proceeding, but such evidence should only be admissible when the other proofs of value are questionable.

By M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon

7 minute read

April 29, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon, partners of Goldstein Rikon Rikon & Houghton, write that In New York, condemnors have adopted particularly unfair practices which make the compulsory purchase of property by eminent domain even more distasteful.

By M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon

11 minute read

September 04, 2004 | National Law Journal

In our last column, we discussed County of Wayne v. Hathcock, a decision by the Michigan Supreme Court in July of this year overturning Poletown Neighborhood Council v. Detroit, 410 Mich. 616, 304 NW2d 455 (1981).

By M. Robert Goldstein and Michael RikonColumnists from the New York Law Journal

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February 22, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In their Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon of Goldstein, Rikon & Rikon write: Despite the clear statutory prohibition against requiring a condemnee to waive any rights it may have as a condition to obtaining an advance payment, the subject still comes up frequently. In a recent trend, we find condemnors wrongfully insisting that condemnees provide waivers or releases from their tenants to obtain the advance payment made to them as owners of the fee.

By M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon

7 minute read

December 16, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, Goldstein, Rikon & Rikon partners M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon offer up 10 rules of the road for attorneys acting as condemnor's counsel, from being fair to securing authority to settle a case.

By M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon

10 minute read

November 09, 2004 | National Law Journal

We have been hearing a drum beat of complaints from around the country of the increasing use of the power of eminent domain to acquire property to turn it over to private developers in the name of economic progress.

By M. Robert Goldstein and Michael RikonColumnists from the New York Law Journal

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October 25, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon, partners of Goldstein, Rikon & Rikon, write: In the more than 60 years we have been practicing, we have yet to see the inability to collect a condemnation award. But seeing what is going on around us does not make us so sanguine about the future. This is particularly so because, in a few instances, we had to get an involuntary payment.

By M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon

8 minute read

October 22, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, Michael Rikon, a partner of Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton, discusses what experts beyond a real estate appraiser might be necessary, what to look for when choosing an expert, and the rules on written appraisals or other expert reports.

By Michael Rikon

8 minute read

June 28, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon, partners of Goldstein, Rikon & Rikon, write: It is clear that the public has a voice to be heard in determining whether to condemn particular property. But case law has held that is the end of the public's participation. Unless you are a potential "condemnee," you have no right to challenge the right to condemn. So what is a condemnee?

By M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon

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