Controversial UWS Tower Wins Final Battle In 200 Amsterdam Feud

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — All 52 floors of the controversial 200 Amsterdam building on the Upper West Side are here to stay after an effort to overturn a previous ruling that permitted the tower to stand to its full height was denied by an Appeals court on Thursday.

Earlier this year, a decision from the New York State's Appellate Division unanimously overturned a lower court's ruling, which retroactively applied a draft zoning rule that would have caused the mostly constructed building to remove roughly 20 stories.

Thursday's decision is expected to be the final in a legal battle that has lasted more than three years.

"Today’s decision by the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York, to deny leave to appeal definitively ends the unwarranted legal challenges against 200 Amsterdam," said Steven J. Pozycki, SJP Properties chairman and CEO, in a statement. "We are proud to deliver a beautiful, architecturally distinct building to this special Upper West Side neighborhood and look forward to welcoming 200 Amsterdam’s first residents in the coming weeks.”

Since the March decision by the Appellate Division to overturn the ruling that would have required 200 Amsterdam to chop off its top 20 floors, the building has begun selling full-floor penthouses and unveiling lavish units.

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