Greene v. Town Board of Warrensburg

Appeal from a judgment of the *917Supreme Court at Special Term (Walsh, Jr., J.), entered May 6, 1982 in Warren County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition. Petitioner seeks to compel the Town Board of the Town of Warrensburg to hold a public referendum respecting the installation and maintenance, at town expense, of a television translator system. Such a system would apparently improve television reception in the Warrensburg area. A town or municipality may not submit a proposition to the electorate in the absence of express…