Adirondack Wild v. New York State Adirondack Park Agency

*903OPINION OF THE COURT

Thomas D. Buchanan, J.

Petitioners/plaintiffs (for ease of reference, hereinafter petitioners) have brought this combined CPLR article 78 proceeding and declaratory judgment action to challenge the issuance of a temporary revocable permit (TRP) allowing defendant/respondent NYCO Minerals, Inc. (NYCO) to conduct mineral sampling on a 200-acre parcel of property lying within the Jay Mountain Wilderness Area and the Adirondack Forest Preserve, known as lot 8. The antecedent to the issuance of the TRP was passage of Proposal Number 5 (Prop 5), which was placed on the ballot for…