PISCITELLI v. GARFIELD ZBA

A-68 September Term 2017 079900.

205 A.3d 183 (2019)

237 N.J. 333

Vincent PISCITELLI and Rose Mary Piscitelli, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF GARFIELD ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT; Arlene Patire; Robert Cochrane; DSJ Family Trust; Daniel P. Conte, III, Stacey A. Conte and Jamie G. Kreshpane, Trustees of the DSJ Family Trust; and Dr. Daniel P. Conte, Jr., Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Sposaro argued the cause for appellants (Anthony J. Sposaro, on the briefs).

Alyssa A. Cimino, Fairfield, argued the cause for respondents City of Garfield Zoning Board of Adjustment, Arlene Patire and Robert Cochrane (Cimino Law, attorneys; Alyssa A. Cimino, on the brief).

Charles H. Sarlo argued the cause for respondents DSJ Family Trust; Daniel P. Conte, III, Stacey A. Conte and Jamie G. Kreshpane, Trustees of the DSJ Family Trust; and Dr. Daniel P. Conte, Jr. (Charles H. Sarlo, of counsel and on the briefs).

Robyn K. Lym argued the cause for amicus curiae Libertarians for Transparent Government (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, attorneys; CJ Griffin, of counsel and on the brief, and Suzanne M. Bradley, Robyn K. Lym, and Yelena Yukhvid, Hackensack, on the brief).


Public confidence in the integrity of our municipal planning and zoning boards requires that board members be free of conflicting interests that have the capacity to compromise their judgments. The maintenance of public trust in municipal government is the focus of statutory ethical codes, guided...

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