New York Court of Appeals
In the Matter of Edward S. Gordon v. Edward T. Rush, Constituting the Coastal Erosion Hazard Board of Review of the…
June 5, 2003100 N.Y.2d 236
Summary
The Court held that the Southampton Coastal Erosion Hazard Board of Review's issuance of a positive declaration requiring a draft environmental impact statement was ripe for judicial review and that the Board was bound by the Department of Environmental Conservation's prior negative declaration, rendering the Board's independent SEQRA review unauthorized. The appellate division's order affirming these conclusions was upheld.