Cambridge Owners Corp. v. NYC Dep't of Transportation

In Cambridge Owners Corp. v. NYC Dep't of Transportation, 2013 WL 5890616 [NYS Sup Ct, NY Cty, Oct. 28, 2013], aff'd 118 A.D.3d 634 [1st Dept 2014] the residents of the apartment building challenged DOT's decision to install a bike share station of 39 bike docks in front of the building. The trial court found that Cambridge Owners Corp. had standing as it had sufficiently alleged it suffered a unique and distinct harm in way of "quality of life and aesthetic type of injuries" - garbage accumulation and increased traffic in front of the building, and access problems by emergency responders to the building - which was not suffered by the general public at large if the bike share station was installed in front of its building (id.).