PPC Realty, LLC v. Hartford — concurring

Summary

The concurrence agrees that the statutory defense applies only in a civil action to recover relocation costs and does not prevent the city from imposing a lien on the landlord's property. It disagrees that this result follows from the plain and unambiguous statutory text, reasoning instead that the statutory scheme is ambiguous but that the text, structure, and legislative history favor the city's interpretation. Ecker, J., concurring, would therefore reach the same result on the basis of ambiguity resolved through statutory interpretation and legislative intent.