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AKPAN v. KOCH

75 N.Y.2d 561 (1990)

Vernice Akpan et al., Appellants, v. Edward I. Koch, as Mayor of the City of New York and as Chairperson of the Board of Estimate of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 5, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Greengold Stevens, John C. Gray, Jr., Raun J. Rasmussen, Russell Engler and Andrew Scherer for appellants.

Victor A. Kovner, Corporation Counsel (Ronald E. Sternberg, Dana Martine Robbins and Leonard Koerner) for Edward I. Koch and others, respondents.

Richard C. Seltzer and Stanley N. Alpert for Rose Associates, respondent.

Mitchell S. Bernard and Katherine Kennedy for Natural Resources Defense Council, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur; Judge TITONE taking no part.

ALEXANDER, J.

Plaintiffs argue on this appeal that the Board of Estimate of the City of New York, the "lead" agency for the purposes of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) failed to take a "sufficiently hard" look at the environmental impact of a proposed urban renewal project known as the Atlantic Terminal Project. Specifically, they contend that the...

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