Litigation over the Cortez Canal has been ongoing for four years

Litigation over the Cortez Canal has been ongoing for four years

A developer and Cortez residents are fighting over control of the Cortez canal which residents argue is public property and they have been using it for over 30 years. The Cortez Canal is a man-made inland canal and it is the only waterway connection to the Intracoastal Waterway for people with docs, lifts and boats. Cortez Road Investments and Finance Inc. purchased the majority of the canal in 2016 when it bought the Hunters Point property from…