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END LEAD POISONING v. VALLONE

100 N.Y.2d 337 (2003)

794 N.E.2d 672

763 N.Y.S.2d 530

In the Matter of NEW YORK CITY COALITION TO END LEAD POISONING, INC., et al., Appellants, v. PETER VALLONE, as Speaker of the New York City Council, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp. Legal Services, New York City (Matthew J. Chachère, Kenneth Rosenfeld, Theodora Galacatos and James M. Baker of counsel), and Andrew Goldberg for appellants.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York City (Elizabeth I. Freedman, Francis F. Caputo and Mark W. Muschenheim of counsel), for respondents.

Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City (Mary Beth Hogan, Maura K. Monaghan and Erich O. Grosz of counsel), for Atlantic States Legal Foundation and others, amici curiae.

Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York City (Foster Maer of counsel), for Cathy Falvo and others, amici curiae.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, New York City (Simon Wynn, Caitlin J. Halligan, Peter Lehner and Gordon J. Johnson of counsel), for Attorney General of the State of New York, amicus curiae.

Bryan Cave LLP, New York City (Herbert Teitelbaum and Philip E. Karmel of counsel), for Rent Stabilization Association of N.Y.C., Inc., and others, amici curiae.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SMITH, CIPARICK, ROSENBLATT and READ concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GRAFFEO, J.

This case requires us to determine whether the New York City Council complied with the State Environmental Quality Review Act when it enacted Local Law No. 38 (1999) of the City of New York, the City's latest effort to address the abatement of lead paint in multiple dwelling units. Contemporaneously with its passage of Local Law 38, the City Council adopted a resolution declaring...

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