People ex rel. Polcini v. Scofield

*763In our opinion there was substantial evidence before the board of appeals to constitute a reasonable basis for its findings that the hardship of which petitioner complains was self-created (Matter of Thomas v. Board of Standards & Appeals, 263 App. Div. 352, 355, revd. on other grounds, 290 N. Y. 109; Matter of Clark v. Board of Zoning Appeals, 301 N. Y. 86, 89; People ex rel. Fordham Manor Ref. Church v. Walsh, 244 N. Y. 280, 288; Matter of Holy Sepulchre Cemetery v. Board of Appeals, Town of Greece, 271 App. Div. 33, 41); that the construction of the building for which petitioner sought a…