White Plains Leaves Open Possibility of FASNY Ruling Appeal

WHITE PLAINS, NY - The City of White Plains has laid the groundwork for a possible appeal of a recent Supreme Court decision that denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the French-American School of New York.

The notice of appeal does not mean the city definitely will try to get the judge’s decision overturned, but according to lohud.com, it means the city has six months to submit arguments to the Appellate Division.

State Supreme Court Judge Joan Lefkowitz rejected the city’s motion to dismiss FASNY’s case April 21.

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FASNY had submitted plans to build a new school at the site of the former Ridgeway Country Club and the city had approved its environmental studies.

In January, the judge ordered the White Plains Common Council to vote on the school’s special permit and site plan applications.

The city did not comply.

Karen Pasquale, senior advisor to Mayor Thomas Roach, said the issue is that, while the mayor and three other council members supported the school’s proposal, the partial closure of a road—an integral portion of the site plan—needed a supermajority to approve.

The council was one vote shy of that approval.

For the complete article at lohud.com, go here.