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NYU SUFFICIENTLY ALLEGED AN INJURY-IN-FACT ENTITLING IT TO LITIGATE THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF A NYC ZONING RESOLUTION PROHIBITING THE CONSTRUCTION OF CLASSROOMS AND DORMITORIES IN THE SPECIAL DISTRICT; THERE WAS A COMPREHENSIVE DISSENT (FIRST DEPT). ​

The First Department, over an extensive dissent, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff New York University (NYU) had demonstrated an “injury in fact” which provided standing to contest the constitutionality of a New York City Zoning Regulation (ZR) prohibiting the construction of classrooms and dormitories:

NYU has sufficiently alleged an injury in fact. As stated by the Court of Appeals … , “[t]he injury-in-fact requirement necessitates a showing that the party has an actual legal stake in the matter being adjudicated and has suffered a cognizable harm that is not tenuous, ephemeral, or conjectural but is sufficiently concrete and particularized to warrant judicial intervention”; while this requirement “is closely aligned with [the] policy not to render advisory opinions,” “standing rules should not be applied in an overly restrictive manner where the result would be to completely shield a particular action from judicial review” … . * * *

NYU … has alleged not just an interference with its ability or abstract interest but with its actual present intentions and desires, a showing of specific plans is not a necessary additional requirement for an injury-in-fact showing. NYU’s claim that it has had a long-standing and continuing interest in expanding educational uses in the Special District whose implementation has been limited by the variance requirement is further evidenced by the fact that NYU previously put one of its Special District properties to educational use after obtaining a variance. There is no valid basis for predicating the injury-in-fact showing on evidence that NYU has expended time, money and other resources developing a particular plan for the renovation or conversion of a particular Special District property to educational uses. Judicial consideration of NYU’s claim seeking a declaration as to the unconstitutionality of the ZR amendment should not require that it first experience the harm it seeks to avoid by challenging the amendment. New York Univ. v City of New York, 2024 NY Slip Op 04183, First Dept 8-7-24

​Practice Point: Consult this decision for an explanation of what constitutes an injury-in-fact providing a party with standing to litigate the constitutionality of a zoning provision.

 

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