Matter of Lucente v. Terwilliger

Garry, J.P.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Rumsey, J.), entered February 10, 2015 in Tompkins County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a combined proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 and action for declaratory judgment, to compel respondent to grant petitioner final subdivision approval.

Petitioner owns vacant property in the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County. In January 2006, he submitted an application to the Town Planning Board seeking approval to subdivide the property into 50 parcels consisting of 47 residential lots, two parcels to be donated to Cornell…