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END LEAD POISONING v. VALLONE

293 A.D.2d 85 (2002)

741 N.Y.S.2d 186

In the Matter of NEW YORK CITY COALITION TO END LEAD POISONING, INC., et al., Respondents, v. PETER VALLONE et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 26, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Chachère of counsel (Kenneth Rosenfeld, Theodora Galacatos and James M. Baker on the brief; Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp. Legal Services, attorneys), for respondents.

Andrew Goldberg for New York Public Interest Research Group, Inc., respondent.

George Gutwirth of counsel (Francis F. Caputo and Mark W. Muschenheim on the brief; Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of New York City, attorney), for appellants.

Charles N. Rock of counsel (Victoria Reilly Lehning on the brief; Rock & Rosmarin, L.L.P., attorneys), for Rent Stabilization Association of N.Y.C., Inc. and others, amici curiae.

Simon Wynn of counsel (Peter Lehner and Gordon Johnson on the brief; Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, attorney), for State of New York, amicus curiae.

Foster Maer of counsel (Sara Rios on the brief; Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., attorneys), for Cathy Falvo and others, amici curiae.

TOM, J.P., ANDRIAS, SAXE and LERNER, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BUCKLEY, J.

The issue here is whether the procedures the City Council used to adopt Local Law No. 38 (1999) of the City of New York (Local Law 38) comply with the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and the City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR). Since we find that the record amply demonstrates respondents' compliance with the applicable environmental laws, we reverse and dismiss the petition.

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