Section 72. Appeal to court of appeals

An appeal to the court of appeals
  may be taken by the city or  any  person  or  party  interested  in  the
  proceeding  and  aggrieved  by the order of the appellate division. Such
  appeal shall be taken and heard in the manner provided  in  relation  to
  appeals  from judgments in special proceedings.  An appeal taken but not
  prosecuted within six months after the filing of the notice  of  appeal,
  unless  the  time  within  which  to  prosecute the same shall have been
  extended by the court, shall be deemed to be abandoned and no  agreement
  between  the  parties  to the appeal extending the time to prosecute the
  same shall vary the provisions hereof. The court of appeals  may  affirm
  or reverse the order appealed from, and may make such order or direction
  as shall be appropriate to the case.