Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) William C. Chanler, Corporation Counsel ( Hyman W. Kehl Arthur A. Segall of counsel), for H.H. Nordlinger, Harold Riegelman Jacob M. Dinnes for Ira S. Robbins for New York State Superintendent of Housing, amicus See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. KNICKERBOCKER VILLAGE, INC., Respondent, against WILLIAM REID, as City Collector of the City of New York, et al., Appellants. Order affirmed, with costs, on the ground that the assessment is a tax and not one for a local improvement. No opinion. Concur: CRANE, Ch. J., LEHMAN, HUBBS, LOUGHRAN, FINCH and RIPPEY, JJ. Taking no part: O'BRIEN, J.