Matter of Orange County Economic Development Corporation v. State of New York Authorities Budget Office

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Platkin, J.), entered March 4, 2014 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition.

Petitioner, a not-for-profit local economic development corporation, was informed by a November 2011 letter from respondent that it considered petitioner to be a local authority subject to the reporting, disclosure and governance requirements of the Public Authorities Law, and that the lack of any response from petitioner by December 6, 2011 would indicate petitioner’s acceptance of the…