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BROOKLYN v. DEPT. OF ENVTL. PROTECTION

11 N.Y.3d 327 (2008)

In the Matter of BROOKLYN ASSEMBLY HALLS OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, INC., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK YORK, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued September 9, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Brumley, General Counsel, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., Patterson (John O. Miller, III, of counsel), for appellant.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York City (Ronald E. Sternberg and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for respondents.

OPINION OF THE COURT

READ, J.

Petitioner Brooklyn Assembly Halls of Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc. (the Church) owns and operates a 100,000-square-foot building at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Albemarle Road in Brooklyn. The building is four stories high, with an attached three-story structure, and contains multiple meeting and assembly halls used for religious instruction and worship.

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