Case Name: In the Matter of Long Island Lighting Company, Respondent, against City of Long Beach et al.,Appellants, and Benjamin Hochman, Intervener, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1953-07-14
Citations: 305 N.Y. 880
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Long Island Lighting Company, Respondent, against City of Long Beach et al.,Appellants, and Benjamin Hochman, Intervener, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 305
Pages: 880–882

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Long Island Lighting Company, Respondent, against City of Long Beach et al.,Appellants, and Benjamin Hochman, Intervener, Appellant.
Argued April 13, 1953; reargued June 3, 1953;
decided July 14, 1953.
Bernard M. Bailey, Corporation Counsel (Irving J. Schultz of counsel), for appellants.
Paxton Blair and David B. Tolins for intervener-appellant.
Charles E. Elbert, David K. Kadane, Charles B. Pierce and Bertram D. Moll for respondent.

Opinion:
Upon reargument: Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Lewis, Ch. J., Conway, Froessel and Van Voorhis, JJ. Desmond,' Dye and Ftjld, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse the order of the Appellate Division and that of Special Term, and to reinstate the determination of the board of zoning appeals, with costs in all courts. Since there was evidence that the proposed substation would emit a hum which could be heard by those in the immediate vicinity thereof, it cannot be said, as a matter of law, that, in disallowing the permit, the zoning board of appeals acted arbitrarily and in abuse of its discretion (People ex rel. St. Albans-Springfield Corp. v. Connell, 257 N. Y. 73; People ex rel. Sullivan v. McLaughlin, 266 N. Y. 519).