Cornell University, Appellant-Respondent v. Elizabeth S. Bagnardi, and Charles Hindman, Intervenors-Respondents. In…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals held that zoning ordinances may not require educational institutions to demonstrate a need for expansion, as such a requirement is beyond the municipality's police power, and it remanded both Cornell University and Sarah Lawrence College cases for reconsideration of special permit applications without a need showing. The court also found the portion of the Appellate Division's order declaring the Ithaca ordinance invalid as moot due to amendment.