Opinion
April 15, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County, Goldstein, J.
Present — Green, J.P., Balio, Fallon, Doerr and Boehm, JJ.
Determination unanimously confirmed without costs and petition dismissed. Memorandum: We conclude that the Commissioner's determination is supported by substantial evidence. Petitioner failed to meet its burden of proof by adducing clear and convincing evidence that the establishment of the proposed residential facility for developmentally disabled adults would result in "both an overconcentration of similar facilities and a substantial alteration of the nature and character of the community" (Matter of Town of Hempstead v Commissioner of State of N.Y. Off. of Mental Health, 170 A.D.2d 1052; see also, Matter of Town of Hempstead v Commissioner of State of N.Y. Off. of Mental Health, 166 A.D.2d 709).