LI PINE BARRENS v. PLANNING BD


78 N.Y.2d 608 (1991)

In the Matter of Long Island Pine Barrens Society, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. Planning Board of the Town of Brookhaven et al., Respondents, and Anton Meadows, Inc., Intervenor-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Ceriello for appellants.

David P. Fishbein, Town Attorney (Garrett W. Swenson, Jr., and Denise F. Molia of counsel), for Planning Board of the Town of Brookhaven, respondent.

Theodore D. Sklar for intervenor-respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and BELLACOSA concur.


HANCOCK, JR., J.

Town Law § 276 establishes a two-stage (preliminary and final) subdivision plat approval procedure. Town Law § 282 states that "[a]ny person * * * aggrieved by any decision of the planning board concerning such plat * * * may have the decision [judicially] reviewed * * * provided the proceeding is commenced within thirty days after the filing of the decision". The question in petitioners...

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