MATTER OF LONG ISLAND PINE BARRENS SOCIETY, INC. v. TOWN BOARD OF TOWN OF RIVERHEAD


290 A.D.2d 448 (2002)

736 N.Y.S.2d 87

In the Matter of LONG ISLAND PINE BARRENS SOCIETY, INC., et al., Appellants, v. TOWN BOARD OF TOWN OF RIVERHEAD et al., Respondents.

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

Decided January 14, 2002.


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition is granted, and the determination is annulled.

We agree with the petitioners' contention that, under the circumstances presented here, the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead (hereinafter the Town Board) improperly segmented the review process mandated by the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA, ECL art 8). The rezoning at issue was an integral part of a "Residential...

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