Legal Opinion
Informal Opinion No.
New York Attorney General Reports
Decided September 28, 1988Published
1Opinion of the Court
Ernest R. Maler, Jr., Esq. Village Attorney, Patchogue
This is in response to your request for an Attorney General's opinion as to whether members of a village planning board or village zoning board of appeals may also be members of a community development agency serving the village.
The Village of Patchogue Community Development Agency was established pursuant to section 680-b of the General Municipal Law. Section 680-b gives the agency all the powers of development agencies enumerated under articles 15 and 15-A of the General Municipal Law, including power to plan and undertake urban renewal…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Ryan v. . GreenNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Wood v. Town of WhitehallNew York Supreme Court · 1923
- Wood v. Town of WhitehallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
- Flushing Hospital & Medical Center v. WoytisekNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Schenectady Urban Renewal Agency v. BucciNew York Supreme Court · 1975