Case Name: In the Matter of Town of Oyster Bay, Petitioner, v. Thomas A. Maul, as Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-11-12
Citations: 233 A.D.2d 403
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Town of Oyster Bay, Petitioner, v Thomas A. Maul, as Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 233
Pages: 403–403

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Town of Oyster Bay, Petitioner, v Thomas A. Maul, as Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, et al., Respondents.
[650 NYS2d 582]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent Thomas A. Maul, Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, dated August 8, 1995, which, after a hearing, rejected the petitioner's objection to the establishment of a community residential facility for the disabled in the Town of Oyster Bay.
Adjudged that the determination is confirmed and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, with one bill of costs to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.
The determination of the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities was supported by substantial evidence (see, Matter of Town of Oyster Bay v Maul, 231 AD2d 580; Matter of Town of Brookhaven v New York State Off. of Mental Health, 214 AD2d 617; Matter of Town of Mount Pleasant v New York State Off. of Mental Health, 200 AD2d 576). Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Thompson and McGinity, JJ., concur.