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IN THE MATTER OF NASSAU COUNTY, ETC. NASSAU COUNTY, APPELLANT; CLARA HARTMAN, RESPONDENT.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the decree is modified, on the law, by deleting the provision thereof awarding consequential damages in the sum of $45,000 and substituting therefor a provision awarding consequential damages in the sum of $2,115; as so modified, the decree is affirmed, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for the entry of an appropriate amended decree.

The measure of damages in partial taking cases is the difference between the value of the whole before the taking and the value of the remainder after the taking (see, Diocese of Buffalo v. State of New York, 24 N.Y.2d 320). In arriving at the amount of compensation, a court must set forth separate findings for each of the elements involved (see, Wood v. State of New York, 22 A.D.2d 756). Here, the court properly concluded that the value of the property before condemnation was $200,000 and the value after condemnation was $175,000. Therefore, the defendant's total award for the taking, not including the working easement and improvements, should have been $25,000 (see, Matter of Gazza v. New York State Dept. of Envtl. Conservation, 217 A.D.2d 202, affd 89 N.Y.2d 603, cert denied 522 U.S. 813). Since direct damages were properly deemed to be $22,885, the defendant is entitled to consequential damages in the amount of $2,115.

The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit.

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MATTER OF NASSAU COUNTY
(Dec 6, 2000)