Opinion ID: 1908499
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Hardship to the Parties if Adjudication is Withheld.

Text: The second prong of the Abbott Laboratories test requires us to consider the hardship to the parties of withholding court consideration. 387 U.S. at 149, 87 S.Ct. 1507. [T]his inquiry, from the standpoint of the challenging party, entails an examination of the certainty and effect of the harm claimed to be caused by the administrative action: whether it is `sufficiently direct and immediate' and whether the action's `effects [have been] felt in a concrete way.' Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, supra note 15, 505 N.Y.S.2d 24, 496 N.E.2d at 189 (quoting Abbott Lab., supra, 387 U.S. at 148, 152, 87 S.Ct. 1507). On the record before us, we are unable to perceive the requisite certainty and effect of any alleged hardship. We simply do not know with any precision what would be involved in attempting to comply with the permit procedures. Moreover, any hardship may never arise if the church does not effectuate its Vision 2000 plan in a manner in which the historic designation proves an actual burden. In sum, the church has not shown that historic designation has had a direct and immediate effect upon its rebuilding plans or that it has felt the burdens of the permit process in a concrete way sufficient to overcome the lack of ripeness. [20] For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the Superior Court is Affirmed.