Ferdon v. Rogers

Petitioners, residents and qualified electors of the Village of Scarsdale, New York, bring this proceeding under article 78 of the CPLB to compel respondents to conduct a referendum with respect to Local Law No. 1 of 1963 or, in the alternative, to declare chapter 897 of the Laws of 1963 and said *677Local Law No. 1 of 1963 to be unconstitutional and to prohibit respondents from discontinuing the use as park lands and for park purposes the land affected by said Local Law No. 1 of 1963.

In 1938 the Village of Scarsdale acquired by purchase a parcel of land on Chase Pond in said village ‘1 for the…