Legal Opinion

Matter of Fanizzi v. Planning Bd. of Patterson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 14, 2016No. 2013-04576PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Dickerson, J.

Introduction

The petitioner/plaintiff, Ann Fanizzi (hereinafter the petitioner), serves as the chairperson of a local land preservation organization, and has been closely monitoring the proposed development of a large shopping center in Putnam County. She commenced this hybrid proceeding and action, primarily seeking to compel the production, under the Freedom of Information Law (hereinafter FOIL) (see Public Officers Law art 6), of architectural renderings that the shopping center developer left at the office of the Town Planner of the Town of Patterson for…

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