New York Court of Appeals
In the Matter of George Long v. Adirondack Park Agency
July 2, 199076 N.Y.2d 416
Summary
The Court affirmed the Appellate Division, holding that the 30‑day period for Adirondack Park Agency review under Executive Law §808(3) begins no later than the agency’s receipt of notice of a variance grant together with the pertinent materials, making the agency’s reversals of the June and September variances timely. The decision is based on a purposive, sequential construction of the statute to give effect to the agency’s oversight role. Judge Titone dissented, contending that the statutory language is unambiguous and that the 30‑day period should run from the grant itself, rendering the November reversal untimely.