Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 31, 2005 (Metropolitan Museum Historic District Coalition v. De Montebello)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Nardelli, J.

In this appeal, we are called upon to review petitioners’ challenge, pursuant to CPLR article 78, to a certain expansion and renovation project commenced by the museum respondents, with the approval of the municipal respondents, to the extent that petitioners seek to compel a review of the project under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (ECL 8-0101 et