Legal Opinion
Knight v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 1981PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WlLMER J. PATLOW, J.
This is an article 78 proceeding in which petitioners Richard A. and Sherry Knight and others seek to prevent respondents New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and its commissioner from implementing a massive State-wide acquisition program of freshwater wetlands and adjacent upland areas.
Respondents move pursuant to CPLR 506 (subd [b]), 510 (subd 1) and 511 to change venue from Monroe County to Albany County on the grounds that Monroe County is an improper county and Albany County is proper since it is where the determinations…
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