S.S. Canadiana Preservation Society, Inc. v. Boardman

—Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly dismissed this CPLR article 78 proceeding because it was not commenced within four months of the notice from respondent that it was withdrawing the grant of funds that had been awarded to petitioner *962(see, CPLR 217). On December 8, 1994, respondent awarded petitioner the sum of $400,000 in ISTEA Funds in connection with the restoration and operation of the S.S. Canadiana, a lake steamer. On October 3, 1996, respondent notified petitioner that it was withdrawing the grant award because the S.S. Canadiana was not…