Manton v. New York City Board of Standards & Appeals

OPINION OF THE COURT

Arthur W. Lonschein, J.

This is an article 78 proceeding in the nature of a certiorari to review, in which the petitioners ask the court to annul the action of the New York City Department of Buildings in granting a certificate of occupancy to the respondents Phoenix House Foundation, Inc. and Phoenix Programs of New York, Inc., for the premises known as 34-25 Vernon Boulevard, Queens, for the purposes of operat*256ing a drug-abusers’ rehabilitation facility. Petitioners asked the buildings department to revoke the certificate, as being contrary to the Zoning Resolution of the…