MATTER OF SIERRA CLUB v. VILLAGE OF PAINTED POST

No. 151

26 N.Y.3d 301 (2015)

43 N.E.3d 745

22 N.Y.S.3d 388

2015 NY Slip Op 08452

In the Matter of SIERRA CLUB et al., Appellants, v. VILLAGE OF PAINTED POST et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided November 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lippes & Lippes, Buffalo ( Richard J. Lippes of counsel), and Rachel Treichler , Hammondsport, for appellants.

Harris Beach PLLC, Pittsford ( Joseph D. Picciotti , John A. Mancuso and A. Vincent Buzard of counsel), for respondents.

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Rochester ( John P. Bringewatt , Leslie M. Mauro and Jeffrey A. Wadsworth of counsel), for Railroads of New York, amicus curiae.

Susan J. Kraham , Columbia Environmental Law Clinic, New York City, and Daniel Raichel , Natural Resources Defense Counsel, New York City, for Gas Free Seneca and others, amici curiae.

Wade Beltraino , General Counsel, New York State Conference of Mayors & Municipal Officials, Albany, for New York State Conference of Mayors & Municipal Officials, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges PIGOTT, RIVERA, STEIN and FAHEY concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

In Society of Plastics Indus. v County of Suffolk (77 N.Y.2d 761 [1991]), this Court examined the law of standing, and set forth a framework for deciding whether parties have standing to challenge governmental action in land use matters generally, and under...

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