Greater New York Health Care Facilities Ass'n v. DeBuono

OPINION OF THE COURT

Ciparick, J.

The question raised on this appeal is whether the claims of proposed intervenors may be related back to the filing date of the original petition, where proposed intervenors are unrelated to petitioners but similarly aggrieved by the administrative action challenged and their claims would expose respondents to additional liability. We conclude that in the circumstances presented here, proposed intervenors’ claims do not relate back to the original petition and, consequently, are time-barred and intervention was properly denied.

Petitioners are an association of…