ELR Citation: ELR 20690
(N.Y. Feb 17, 1983)

The court rules that an Orange County, New York, resolution calling for the sale of property for a sewage treatment project violated the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). SEQRA required the county legislature to have before it an environmental impact statement or a determination of nonsignificance prior to passing the resolution, even though it was not clear whether the sale would have a significant impact on the environment.

Counsel for Appellant-Intervenor
Claude Castro
Field, Lomenzo & Turret
205 Lexington Ave., New York NY 10016
(212) 684-7330

Counsel for Respondents
Gerald N. Jacobowitz
Jacobowitz & Gubits
P.O. Box 367, Walden NY 12586
(914) 778-3521

James G. Sweeney
109 State Rd., Monroe NY 10950
(914) 782-5456

COOKE, C.J., and JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG, MEYER, and SIMONS, JJ., concur.