City Appeals Judge Lefkowitz decision to direct Council to vote on FASNY. | WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER 3,374,995 VISITS IN ONE YEAR---65,000 VISITS A WEEK BY 985,281 VISITORS

WPCNR WHITE PLAINS LAW JOURNAL. By John F. Bailey August 11, 2016:

John Callahan, Corporation Counsel for the City of White Plains told WPCNR today that the city has appealed Judge Joan Lefkowitz’s decision last spring directing the City to take a vote on the French American School of New York site plan and special permit proposal, which the city tabled in August of 2015

After the Common Council rejected closure of Hathaway Lane, they tabled the site plan and Special Permit application, declaring it was moot, because the plan depended on closure of Hathaway Lane.

The French American School of New York filed an article 78 alleging the Council had engaged in deceiving the school by the city itself suggesting closure of Hathwaway Lane to facilitate the access to the school from North Street was an acceptable strategy, only to vote down the closure in the fateful August, 2016 meeting.

The appeal has been filed with the appellate court. WPCNR is in the process of obtaining a copy.