Case Name: 45435 Realty Co., Also Known as 43435 Realty Co., Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-01-20
Citations: 200 A.D.2d 501
Docket Number: 
Parties: 45435 Realty Co., Also Known as 43435 Realty Co., Appellant, v City of New York et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 200
Pages: 501–502

Head Matter:
45435 Realty Co., Also Known as 43435 Realty Co., Appellant, v City of New York et al., Respondents.
[606 NYS2d 637]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Walter Tolub, J.), entered July 13, 1993, which converted plaintiff's declaratory judgment action to a CPLR article 78 proceeding and granted defendants' cross-motion to dismiss it as time-barred, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
It is axiomatic that the proper vehicle to challenge the final determination of an administrative agency is an article 78 proceeding. The receipt of a water bill constitutes a final and binding determination of the issuing agency (Matter of Miller v McGough, 97 AD2d 416). Thus, the IAS Court properly considered the plaintiff's action as an article 78 proceeding and applied the four-month Statute of Limitations (CPLR 217). Because plaintiff failed to commence this action until April 8, 1993, more than four months after its outstanding water and sewer charges were due on June 30, 1992 and August 3, 1992, its claims were time-barred. Plaintiff's unsubstantiated claim that it was improperly billed for these services does not alter this result. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Asch, Rubin, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.