A plaintiff, owner of an approximately 100-acre parcel of land (property) sought to build a Rabbinical College (college), in addition to facilities to train rabbinical judges and housing for students and their families. The plaintiffs challenged certain village zoning ordinances (ordinances or challenged laws), alleging that the ordinances violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) and the NYS Constitution (constitution).

The plaintiffs sought a preliminary injunction enjoining the Village and its trustees (defendants) from enforcing the ordinances which the Village had “refused to repeal.” Those ordinances “prohibit the construction of non-accredited educational institutions and housing for students with families on the… property.” The defendants had moved dismiss the complaint. The court granted the motion to dismiss and denied the preliminary injunction motion.