Little Neck Community Ass'n v. Working Organization for Retarded Children

In this action, plaintiffs, a number of property owners and their community organization, seek to enjoin the respondent Working Organization for Retarded Children (WORC) from using a one-family residence as a group home for mentally retarded children. The subject premises which WORC contracted to purchase, and to which it acquired title during the pendency of this action, is located in a one-family residential zone in Little Neck, Queens.

In granting WORC’s motion for summary judgment, the Special Term held that the proposed group home was a permitted use in a' single-family residential zone…