Legal Opinion
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. v. Cuomo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 28, 1995PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Kristin Booth Glen, J.), entered April 20,1995, which adjudged the City and State and related agencies to be in violation of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA; ECL art 8) for failing to prepare an environmental impact statement, and granted injunctive and mandamus relief, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the petition is dismissed, without costs.
An environmental impact statement (EIS) mandated by ECL 8-0109 must be prepared and made available to the public before "any significant authorization is granted for a specific *387proposal.”…
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- Programming & Systems, Inc. v. New York State Urban Development Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
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