Shearn v. Durst

*540Petitioners brought this CPLR article 78 proceeding against respondents, former members of the board of petitioners’ church, Crossway Christian Center, not in their capacity as advisors to the reinstated original board, or even in their former capacities as the temporary board, but in their present capacities as officers of the Assemblies of God’s New York district office. Accordingly, the appeal is moot since respondents are in no position to grant the relief requested in either the original petition or in petitioners’ appellate brief (see Matter of Espada 2001 v New York City Campaign Fin.…