On behalf of its client, a local developer, Webster Szanyi commenced an Article 78 proceeding challenging the City of Buffalo’s refusal to provide a tax exemption under  Real Property Tax Law § 485-a for the client’s redevelopment project, which involved converting an old, non-residential structure into mixed use facility.  The Court ordered a hearing regarding the City’s refusal to grant the tax exemption to the project.  At the hearing, partner Andrew Miller presented substantial evidence that the City’s failure to provide the exemption was arbitrary and capricious.  After the hearing, but before the Court rendered a decision, the parties reached a resolution, wherein the City agreed to settle the dispute by granting Webster Szanyi’s client the full tax exemption for the project, which will save the client several hundred thousand dollars in taxes.