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SUA SPONTE DISMISSAL OF PETITION WAS AN ABUSE OF DISCRETION, LACK OF STANDING IS NOT A JURISDICTIONAL DEFECT (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, noted that lack of standing is not a jurisdictional defect and held that the court’s sua sponte dismissal of an Article 78/declaratory judgment petition was an abuse of discretion:

We agree with petitioners that the court improvidently exercised its discretion in sua sponte dismissing the petition. “[U]se of the [sua sponte] power of dismissal must be restricted to the most extraordinary circumstances”… . No such extraordinary circumstances are present in this case. Contrary to the court’s determination, “a party’s lack of standing does not constitute a jurisdictional defect and does not warrant sua sponte dismissal of a complaint” … . We therefore reverse the judgment insofar as appealed from in the exercise of discretion and reinstate the petition … . Matter of Associated Gen. Contrs. of NYS, LLC v New York State Thruway Auth., 2018 NY Slip Op 02075, Fourth Dept 3-23-18

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