NY Appellate Court Invalidates Local Zoning Ordinance Regulating Check-Cashing Establishments Finding Preemption by State Banking Law

On April 23, 2012, in Current Caselaw - New York, Land Use, Law of the Land, Preemption, by Patricia Salkin

The Town of Hempstead amended their zoning ordinance to prohibit check-cashing establishments in any districts other than industrial and light manufacturing districts. Preexisting check-cashing establishments located in districts where such establishments where prohibited were required to terminate by amortization no later than five years after the effective date of the new law. Operators of check-cashing [...]

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