Court fight continues over demolition of landmark Nicholaus Building | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY Forty-nine months after the landmark Nicholaus Building was torn down, its owners are still fighting for compensation.
Their lawsuit against the city of Schenectady was dismissed in U.S. District Court in Albany on May 4 and their lawyers on May 12 began a new action in state Supreme Court in Schenectady County seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
At the heart of the matter are two fairly simple facts: The historic building at 264-268 State St. became unstable in April 2016 as a construction project was underway next door, and was demolished on emergency city order in April 2017.