Case Name: Town of DeWitt, Appellant, v. Richard C. Surles, as Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1992-11-18
Citations: 187 A.D.2d 969
Docket Number: Appeal No. 3
Parties: Town of DeWitt, Appellant, v Richard C. Surles, as Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 187
Pages: 969–969

Head Matter:
Town of DeWitt, Appellant, v Richard C. Surles, as Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health, et al., Respondents.
(Appeal No. 3.)

Opinion:
Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: The court did not err in refusing to stay the hearing. There was no point in postponing the hearing to require the State to comply with the Town's patently irrelevant FOIL requests (see, Matter of Hutchings Psychiatric Ctr. [appeal No. 2], 187 AD2d 969 [decided herewith]). Similarly, there was no point in delaying the hearing to compel the State to promulgate and distribute rules to govern the hearing. In our view, the hearing required by Mental Hygiene Law § 41.34 is not an "adjudicatory proceeding" as defined by State Administrative Procedure Act § 102 (3) and § 301 (3). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Stone, J.— Stay.) Present — Denman, P. J., Green, Balio and Davis, JJ.