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Action Challenging a City Resolution to Sell City Property to an Identified Purchaser Is a Challenge to an Administrative Act and Is Therefore Governed by the Four-Month “Article 78” Statute of Limitations

The Fourth Department determined the four-month “Article 78” statute of limitations applied to a challenge to a city resolution allowing the sale of city property to a particular, named purchaser  (which was an administrative act).  The action, therefore, was properly dismissed as time-barred. The court explained how an action is analyzed to determine the nature of it for purposes of applying the correct statute of limitations:

The causes of action under General Municipal Law § 51 have no specific limitations period, and we must “examine the substance of th[e] action to identify the relationship out of which the claim[s] arise[] and the relief sought” … . “If the rights of the parties may be resolved in a different form of proceeding for which a specific limitations period applies, then we must use that period” … . Ultimately, “the nature of the remedy rather than the theory of liability is the salient consideration in ascertaining the applicable [s]tatute of [l]imitations” … . Here, plaintiffs are challenging the resolution authorizing defendant Mayor to execute a purchase and sale agreement for the garage. The resolution was an administrative act, rather than a legislative act, inasmuch as it applies only to the City and [the purchaser]… . It is well established that the proper vehicle for challenging an administrative act is a CPLR article 78 proceeding, and thus the four-month statute of limitations under CPLR 217 applies … . Riverview Dev LLC v City of Oswego, 2015 NY Slip Op 01105, 4th Dept 2-6-15


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