City of Syracuse v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

OPINION OF THE COURT

John O’C. Conway, J.

This is a CPLR article 78 proceeding brought by the petitioner, the City of Syracuse, against the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and its Commissioner, Robert Flacke (hereinafter collectively referred to as DEC), and John H. Mulroy, County Executive of the County of Onondaga and Onondaga County (hereinafter collectively referred to as Onondaga County). The petition seeks a judgment annulling in part a decision of the DEC dated August 6, 1981; requiring the respondents to produce a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) that…