Fisenne v. Bay Ridge District Local Board

This is a proceeding to review the determination of The Bay Ridge District Local Board requiring the construction of a fence around petitioner’s vacant lot in the borough of Brooklyn. The principal question presented is whether the action of the local board in adopting the resolution directing the fencing of petitioner’s property was a judicial act, as petitioner contends, or a legislative act, as respondents claim.

It is well settled that certiorari will not lie to review a legislative function. It may be availed of only to review the judicial or quasi-judicial actions of inferior courts or…