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Vanderwoude v. Post/Rockland Associates

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 26, 1993
192 A.D.2d 702 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)

Opinion

April 26, 1993

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Facelle, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.

Upon the parties' prior appeal in 1987 (see, Vanderwoude v Post/Rockland Assocs., 130 A.D.2d 739), the plaintiff's first four causes of action were dismissed. The fifth cause of action sought only to enjoin construction of a condominium project by the defendants Post/Rockland Associates and Harborview Housing Associates because the plaintiff claimed that it was in violation of the applicable setback requirements of the Village of Mamaroneck zoning ordinance. No other form of relief was requested in this cause of action. However, the plaintiff, who did not appeal from the denial of his application for a preliminary injunction, waited until March 1990 to make the instant motion for summary judgment, by which time the defendant developers had completed construction and had sold all condominium units and parking spaces. Thus, at the time the plaintiff advanced his injunction claim on this summary judgment motion, there was no further construction to be enjoined nor were the defendant developers any longer in a position to be enjoined. Accordingly, we agree with the Supreme Court's determination dismissing the fifth cause of action as academic (see, Matter of Stockdale v Hughes, 189 A.D.2d 1065; Matter of Harbour v Riedell, 172 A.D.2d 920). In any event, the condominium in question was constructed in accordance with the requirements of the zoning ordinance as amended by Local Laws, 1984, No. 22 of the Village of Mamaroneck.

We have reviewed the plaintiff's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Thompson, J.P., Rosenblatt, Miller and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Vanderwoude v. Post/Rockland Associates

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 26, 1993
192 A.D.2d 702 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
Case details for

Vanderwoude v. Post/Rockland Associates

Case Details

Full title:STEVEN VANDERWOUDE, Appellant, v. POST/ROCKLAND ASSOCIATES et al.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Apr 26, 1993

Citations

192 A.D.2d 702 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
597 N.Y.S.2d 112

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