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FRIENDS OF VAN CORTLANDT PARK v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Docket Nos. 00-6183(L), 00-6197(CON) and 00-6198(CON).

232 F.3d 324 (2000)

FRIENDS OF VAN CORTLANDT PARK, Parks Council, Inc., Norwood Community Action, Linda Burger, and Fay Muir, Plaintiffs-Appellants, State of New York, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, United States of America, Plaintiff, Barbara DeBuono, M.D., as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, New York City Planning Commission, New York City Council, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Joel A. Miele, Sr. and Henry J. Stern, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. August Term, 2000.

Decided: November 15, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Epstein, Theodore A. Keyes, Peter C. Trimarchi, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, N.Y., for plaintiffs-appellants Friends of Van Cortlandt Park and The Parks Council, Inc.

Jack L. Lester, New York, N.Y., for plaintiffs-appellants Norwood Community Action, Linda Burger and Fay Muir.

Eliot Spitzer, N.Y. State Atty. General, Gordon J. Johnson, Norman Spiegel, Asst. Attys. General, Peter G. Crary, Asst. Solicitor General, New York, N.Y., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellant State of New York and plaintiff-intervenor Barbara DeBuono, M.D.

Loretta E. Lynch, U.S. Atty., Deborah B. Zwany, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y., for plaintiff United States of America.

Michael D. Hess, N.Y. City Corporation Counsel, Ronald E. Sternberg, Leonard Koerner, Inga Van Eysden, New York, N.Y., for defendants-appellees.

Before: NEWMAN, CABRANES, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.

Submitted: to this panel: November 3, 2000.

ORDER

Certificate to the New York Court of Appeals pursuant to Local Rule § 0.27 and New York Compilation of Codes, Rules & Regulations, title 22, § 500.17(b).

OPINION

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

The State of New York ("State") and the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park have moved, in advance of oral argument of the pending appeal, for certification to the New York Court of...

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