Bros. of Mercy Montabaur Apartment Complex, Inc. v. Town of Clarence

Full title: IN THE MATTER OF BROTHERS OF MERCY MONTABAUR APARTMENT COMPLEX, INC.…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

Date published: Nov 8, 2019

2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 8087 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019)

Opinion

1094 CA 18-01880

11-08-2019

IN THE MATTER OF BROTHERS OF MERCY MONTABAUR APARTMENT COMPLEX, INC., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. TOWN OF CLARENCE, ASSESSOR OF THE TOWN OF CLARENCE, AND CLARENCE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS. CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COUNTY OF ERIE, INTERVENORS-RESPONDENTS.

THE COPPOLA FIRM, AMHERST (LISA A. COPPOLA OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT. GIBSON, MCASKILL & CROSBY, LLP, BUFFALO (MICHAEL J. WILLETT OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS. LIPPES MATHIAS WEXLER FRIEDMAN LLP, BUFFALO (MARGARET A. HURLEY OF COUNSEL), FOR INTERVENOR-RESPONDENT COUNTY OF ERIE. HODGSON RUSS LLP, BUFFALO (MICHAEL B. RISMAN OF COUNSEL), FOR INTERVENOR-RESPONDENT CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SMITH, J.P., CARNI, LINDLEY, CURRAN, AND TROUTMAN, JJ.

PRESENT:

THE COPPOLA FIRM, AMHERST (LISA A. COPPOLA OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.

GIBSON, MCASKILL & CROSBY, LLP, BUFFALO (MICHAEL J. WILLETT OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

LIPPES MATHIAS WEXLER FRIEDMAN LLP, BUFFALO (MARGARET A. HURLEY OF COUNSEL), FOR INTERVENOR-RESPONDENT COUNTY OF ERIE.

HODGSON RUSS LLP, BUFFALO (MICHAEL B. RISMAN OF COUNSEL), FOR INTERVENOR-RESPONDENT CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Appeal from a judgment (denominated order and judgment) of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Henry J. Nowak, Jr., J.), entered August 16, 2018 in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78. The judgment dismissed the petition.

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court.

Entered: November 8, 2019

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court