Altona Citizens Committee, Inc. v. Hennessy

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered January 29, 1980 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to declare an order of the New York State Department of Transportation, issued pursuant to section 212 of the High*957way Law, illegal, null and void. This appeal has been considered with Matter of Altona Citizens Committee v Town of Altona (77 AD2d 954). The issue decided herein, the validity of the road closure order, is common to both appeals. Petitioners argue on this appeal that the closure of the roads in…