Case Name: In the Matter of Yung Brothers Real Estate Co., Inc., et al., Petitioners, v. Robert D. Limandri, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-02-14
Citations: 92 A.D.3d 508
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Yung Brothers Real Estate Co., Inc., et al., Petitioners, v Robert D. Limandri, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 92
Pages: 508–508

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Yung Brothers Real Estate Co., Inc., et al., Petitioners, v Robert D. Limandri, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings, et al., Respondents.
[938 NYS2d 425]

Opinion:
The ALJ correctly found that, to demonstrate their right to maintain the nonconforming advertising sign on their premises, petitioners were required to show that there was an advertising sign on the premises at the time the ordinance prohibiting advertising signs took effect (see Matter of Syracuse Aggregate Corp. v Weise, 51 NY2d 278, 284 [1980]). The ALJ's determination that petitioners failed to make this showing is supported by substantial evidence. Concur — Mazzarelli, J.P, Saxe, Moskowitz, Freedman and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.