Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 16, 2001 (McNair v. Board of Zoning Appeals of Hempstead)

—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of Hempstead, dated March 26, 1996, which, after a hearing, denied the petitioners’ applications for area variances, the petitioners appeal from a judgment of the *554Supreme Court, Nassau County (Winslow, J.