Matter of Save the Pine Bush v. City of Albany

In Matter of Save the Pine Bush v. City of Albany (70 NY2d 193 [1987]) the EIS only dealt with an application to change the zoning of 29.9 undeveloped acres of pine barrens without reference to the cumulative impact of 10 similar proposals involving 295 acres. This unique area was the only remaining pine barrens on island sand dunes in the United States. The Court of Appeals held that the City of Albany must weigh in its EIS the cumulative impact of all pending zoning-change applications in the Pine Bush area, since they were all interrelated.