Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC v. Department of Economic Development

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Collins, J.), entered October 6, 2014 in Albany County, which, among other things, partially dismissed petitioner’s application, in a combined proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 and action for a declaratory judgment, to review a determination of respondent Empire Zone Designation Board revoking petitioner’s certification as an empire zone business enterprise.

Petitioner is an accounting firm that was certified as a participant in the Empire Zones Program in July 2002 (see generally James Sq. Assoc. LP v Mullen, 21 NY3d 233, 240-241 [2013]). In…