Argued February 9, 1983 Decided March 31, 1983 Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, ANDREW R. TYLER, J. Richard E. Hershenson and Samuel Kirschenbaum for appellant. Jay A. Kranis, Thomas J. Malmud and Barbara L. Levine for respondent. SIMONS, J. In September, 1979 plaintiff, 805 Third Avenue Co., and defendant, M.W. Realty Associates, two limited partnerships, entered into a contract for the sale by defendant of a portion of its air rights to plaintiff
Decided September 20, 1984 Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, Bernard McCaffrey, J. Stanley A. Immerman for appellant. Seymour H. Kligler for Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Nassau County, respondent. MEYER, J. When the respondent in an article 78 proceeding challenges petitioner's standing only, it is error to dismiss the petition on the merits prior to service of respondent's answer. The mandate of CPLR 7804 (subd [f]) that, "If
(a) On its own motion, the court may review selected appeals by an alternative procedure. Such appeals shall be determined on the intermediate appellate court record or appendix and briefs, the writings in the courts below and additional letter submissions on the merits. The clerk of the court shall notify all parties by letter when an appeal has been selected for review pursuant to this section. Appellant may request such review in its preliminary appeal statement. Respondent may request such review