Historic Albany Foundation v. Breslin

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (McNamara, J.), entered June 29, 2001 *814in Albany County, which held that defendants were exempt from conducting an environmental review before stabilizing the facade of an historic building.

The relevant facts of this case are set forth more fully in our prior decision (282 AD2d 981, lv dismissed 97 NY2d 636). Briefly stated, in August 2000, defendant County of Albany (hereinafter the County) began demolishing a County-owned historic building located in the Ten Broeck district of plaintiff City of Albany (hereinafter the City). Plaintiff Historic Albany…