And the Mayor's office is expediting the development process, including an environmental-impact study for which the city is paying.

The court's ruling means that the state may have to reconsider its methods of conducting environmental-impact studies.

They charge that the Transportation Department has not done an adequate environmental-impact study of the area.

Once General Motors selects a developer, the plan will be subject to an environmental-impact study.

The environmental-impact study the Papandreas have commissioned will cost between $10,000 and $20,000 and take at least three months to prepare.

These issues were aired at a public hearing last month on the environmental-impact study, which needs approval by the city before the project can be built.

"There was to be no further shooting until a full environmental-impact study was done."

In accepting the responsibility, the county legislators also agreed to conduct environmental-impact studies of the project.

That application was accompanied by an environmental-impact study.

The Town Board then voted to require an environmental-impact study.