Altona Citizens Committee, Inc. v. Town of Altona

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered February 5, 1979 in Clinton County, which dismissed petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to compel respondents to act to open certain roads, and to declare a certain lease invalid. The judgment dismissing the petition should be affirmed. This proceeding, in which CPLR article 78 relief and declaratory relief are sought, arises out of the occupation of certain lands, owned by the State, by members of an Indian group known as Ganienkeh. Petitioner Altona Citizens Committee, Incorporated, is a…