County of Erie v. Williams

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Prior, Jr., J.), entered November 27, 1984 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, seeking, inter alia, that respondents be directed to recalculate petitioners’ State aid reimbursement rate for the period of April 1, 1983 through March 31, 1984.

Each year the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) reimburses local governments for a portion of their costs in maintaining local environmental programs (ECL 3-0117). The actual rate of reimbursement is determined…