Adrian v. Town of Yorktown

Plaintiffs-appellants Joseph and Elaine Adrian and Adrian Family Partners I, L.P. sued the Town of Yorktown (the “Town”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and New York State law, alleging that the Town, through its Town Supervisor, Linda Cooper, and other policy-making officials, maintained an official policy under which the plaintiffs were denied the right to develop their property, and subsequently retaliated against for their exercise of their First Amendment rights.

This is the third time this case has been before us. We dismissed plaintiffs’ first appeal because we lacked appellate…