Bistricer v. Chin

—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the Board of Standards of Appeals of the City of New York, dated December 8, 1998, which, after a hearing, granted the application for a zoning variance of a nonparty whose property adjoins that of the petitioner, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Knipel, J.), dated April 30, 1999, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that judgment is affirmed, with costs.

It is a “well-established rule that local zoning boards have discretion in considering applications…