Legal Opinion
Brooklyn Assembly Halls of Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Protection
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 28, 2008PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Read, J.
Petitioner Brooklyn Assembly Halls of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Inc. (the Church) owns and operates a 100,000-square-foot building at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Albemarle Road in Brooklyn. The building is four stories high, with an attached three-story structure, and contains multiple meeting and assembly halls used for religious instruction and worship.
Respondent New York City Water Board is an autonomous public benefit corporation empowered to set water and sewer rates sufficient to support New York City’s water and sewer systems (Public Authorities Law §§…
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