Legal Opinion
Richmond Hill Block Ass'n v. Dinkins
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 11, 1991Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Stanley B. Katz, J.
This is a CPLR article 78 proceeding to vacate the determination by respondents to close Engine Company 294 of the Fire Department of the City of New York. Respondents cross-move to dismiss the petition.
Petitioners are community organizations, residents and political representatives of the area in Queens affected by the closing. Petitioners maintain that the determination by re*655spondents was arbitrary and capricious in that nonessential municipal services should be eliminated before essential services and that the affected community will no longer be…
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- Grant v. CuomoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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