Case Name: In the Matter of Unsafe Building and Structure at 1330 Blake Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. City of New York, Respondent; Jerry Castelle, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2008-06-03
Citations: 52 A.D.3d 520
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Unsafe Building and Structure at 1330 Blake Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. City of New York, Respondent; Jerry Castelle, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 520–520

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Unsafe Building and Structure at 1330 Blake Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. City of New York, Respondent; Jerry Castelle, Appellant.
[857 NYS2d 922]

Opinion:
In an unsafe building proceeding pursuant to the Administrative Code of the City of New York § 26-235, Jerry Castelle appeals from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jackson, J.), dated January 11, 2007, which denied his motion to vacate an order of the same court, dated November 2, 2006, entered upon his default, directing the Superintendent of Buildings for the Borough of Brooklyn to demolish an unsafe building owned by him, and (2) an order of the same court dated April 24, 2007, which, upon renewal, adhered to the original determination.
Ordered that the appeals are dismissed, as academic, without costs or disbursements.
Here, the building which was the subject of these proceedings has been demolished. Consequently, the appeals have been rendered academic, and this matter does not warrant invoking the exception to the mootness doctrine (see Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne, 50 NY2d 707, 714 [1980]; Matter of City of New York v Unsafe Bldg. & Structure, 213 AD2d 402 [1995]; Heller v Trustees of Town of E. Hampton, 198 AD2d 331, 332 [1993]). Florio, J.E, Miller, Dillon and McCarthy, JJ., concur.