Legal Opinion
Save the Pine Bush, Inc. v. Common Council
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 27, 2009PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
We hold that a person who can prove that he or she uses and enjoys a natural resource more than most other members of the public has standing under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) to challenge government actions that threaten that resource. Applying that rule to this case, we hold that the individual petitioners who are members of petitioner Save the Pine Bush, Inc., and the organization itself, have standing to challenge an action alleged to threaten endangered species in the Pine Bush area.
We also conclude, however, that petitioners’ challenge…
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