New York Law School hosted a discussion on Tuesday on the impact of Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City, which upheld Grand Central Terminal’s designation as a landmark.
From left, New York Law School president and dean Anthony Crowell joins speakers Nina Gershon, an Eastern District Judge who was involved in the early phases of the litigation while working in the city Law Department, and retired attorney Leonard Koerner, the Law Department’s former chief assistant corporation counsel who argued the case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Moderating the discussion was Phyllis Arnold, counsel at Bryan Cave who was deputy commissioner and general counsel at the New York City Department of Buildings, and Matthew Fenton, editor-in-chief of The Broadsheet.