| Rowland v Dushin |
| 2011 NY Slip Op 01639 [82 AD3d 738] |
| March 1, 2011 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Hugh Rowland, Jr., et al., Appellants, v Leona Dushin etal., Respondents. |
—[*1] William J. Florence, Jr., Peekskill, N.Y., for respondents.
In an action, inter alia, to permanently enjoin the defendants from constructing a structure,described as a "pole barn" within a certain "Association Area," the plaintiffs appeal from an orderof the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Colabella, J.), dated January 15, 2010, which deniedtheir motion for a preliminary injunction.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendant Leona Dushin (hereinafter Dushin) owns several parcels of contiguous realproperty in the Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, and in the neighboring Town of Cortlandt,in Westchester County. The parcel at issue is known as the "Dushin Pasture" where Dushinoperates a horse farm which has been in continuous existence since 1948. Dushin resides withher adult son, the defendant Karl Dushin, in a residence situated on a separate lot north of theDushin Pasture. The plaintiff Hugh Rowland, Jr., owns a parcel of real property directly to thesouth of the Dushin Pasture. The plaintiff David Spears owns a parcel of real property located tothe west of the Dushin Pasture. Both Rowland and Spears access their properties via a 600-footdriveway located on Spears's property and over which Rowland has an easement. The drivewayruns parallel to and is near the boundary between Spears's property and the Dushin Pasture. Inthis action, the defendants challenge Dushin's construction of a pole barn in the vicinity of thedriveway. The Supreme Court denied the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. Weaffirm.
To be entitled to a preliminary injunction, a movant must establish (1) a likelihood orprobability of success on the merits, (2) irreparable injury absent granting the preliminaryinjunction, and (3) a balancing of the equities in the movant's favor (see CPLR 6312 [c];Board of Mgrs. of WharfsideCondominium v Nehrich, 73 AD3d 822, 824 [2010]; Yemini v Goldberg, 60 AD3d 935,936 [2009]). The decision to grant or deny a preliminary injunction rests in the sound discretionof the Supreme Court (see Gluck vHoary, 55 AD3d 668, 668 [2008]; Automated Waste Disposal, Inc. v Mid-Hudson Waste, Inc., 50 AD3d1072, 1073 [2008]).
Here, the plaintiffs did not meet their burden of demonstrating that they would suffer [*2]irreparable injury if the preliminary injunction were not granted (see Dixon v Malouf, 61 AD3d 630[2009]; Automated Waste Disposal, Inc.v Mid-Hudson Waste, Inc., 50 AD3d 1072 [2008]; 1659 Ralph Ave. LaundromatCorp. v Ben David Enters., 307 AD2d 288, 289 [2003]; Khan v State Univ. of N.Y.Health Science Ctr. at Brooklyn, 271 AD2d 656 [2000]; cf. Winzelberg v 1319 50th Realty Corp., 52 AD3d 700 [2008]).The plaintiffs failed to point to any imminent and nonspeculative harm that would befall them inthe absence of the requested relief, and failed to demonstrate that any injuries they would sufferwould not be compensable by money damages (see EdCia Corp. v McCormack, 44 AD3d 991, 994 [2007];Neos v Lacey, 291 AD2d 434, 435 [2002]).
Accordingly, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the plaintiffs'motion for a preliminary injunction. Dillon, J.P., Florio, Dickerson and Cohen, JJ., concur.