Case Name: In the Matter of R. W. D. Jewett et al., Constituting the Board of Trustees of the Village of Upper Nyack, Respondents, v. Luau-Nyack Corp., Respondent. Jerome Trachtenberg, as Executor of Benjamin Levison, Deceased, Intervener-Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1971-02-16
Citations: 36 A.D.2d 632
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of R. W. D. Jewett et al., Constituting the Board of Trustees of the Village of Upper Nyack, Respondents, v. Luau-Nyack Corp., Respondent. Jerome Trachtenberg, as Executor of Benjamin Levison, Deceased, Intervener-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 36
Pages: 632–632

Head Matter:
In the Matter of R. W. D. Jewett et al., Constituting the Board of Trustees of the Village of Upper Nyack, Respondents, v. Luau-Nyack Corp., Respondent. Jerome Trachtenberg, as Executor of Benjamin Levison, Deceased, Intervener-Appellant.

Opinion:
Christ, Brennan and Benjamin, JJ., concur; Hopkins, Acting P. J., and Shapiro, J., dissent and vote to reverse the order insofar as appealed from and to grant the motion to dismiss the petition, with the following memorandum: We are of the opinion that subdivision 7-a of section 89 of the Village Law is a permissive statute rather than one that is self-executing. If the governing body of a village desires to exercise the powers granted under the statute, it must first enact a local ordinance adopting such powers (cf. 23 Op. St. Comp., 1967, p. 779). If the village elects to use the power of the statute by virtue of adopting a resolution coupled with an order, it must follow the same procedures mandated for the enactment of an ordinance (Village Law, § 90, 92). The Village of Upper Nyack did not follow these procedures and the petition should therefore be dismissed.