Fishel v. Gaffney

—Casey, J.

Appeal from that part of an order of the Supreme Court (Demarest, J.), entered May 2, 1995 in St. Lawrence County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, dismissed the petition of petitioners Paul M. Fishel and the Town of Oswegatchie due to lack of standing.

At issue in this appeal is whether a municipality and its assessor have standing to seek judicial review of determinations rendered in small claims assessment review proceedings commenced by aggrieved property owners pursuant to RPTL article 7. RPTL 736 (2) authorizes only the property owner who filed the small…