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Win for Hodgson Russ Client in the Appellate Division

The Appellate Division for the 4th Department unanimously held that the petitioner had no standing to sue in his attempts to challenge a negative declaration issued under the SEQRA by a municipality's Planning Board regarding the demolition and reconstruction of an apartment complex with that city. He did not show the requisite environmental injury that differs from that of the public at large in order to challenge the Planning Board’s SEQRA determination. His interest in historic preservation, his interest in photographing the apartment building and his position on the Preservation Board of the municipality were all insufficient to confer standing to sustain the lawsuit. Nor did the petitioner have standing on behalf of the apartment complex tenants. Charles Malcomb and Adam Perry handled this matter on behalf of the property developer.