and in letters he
identified himself as appearing on behalf of neighbors. While
this is true, at no point up until the day before the hearing on
his appeal did he identify who his clients were. The other
petitioners involved in this appeal, who later claimed that Klein
was their agent, were not listed on the notice of appeal and did
not file a formal designation form naming him as their agent – as
the Town generally requires – prior to the expiration of the
statute of limitations for appealing an administrative
determination. Under the circumstances, the ZBA did not err in
finding that Klein was not a duly authorized agent of an
aggrieved party during the requisite limitations period for the
appeal and was not himself aggrieved, so he had no standing
(compare Matter of Madonia v Board of Zoningand be open to the world around them.

This blog was originally posted on the European Social Innovation Competition’s website.

The European Social Innovation Competition, launched in memory of Diogo Vasconcelos, is a challenge prize run by the European Commission, now in its sixth year. The competition is open to applicants from EU member states and countries associated to Horizon 2020. The competition is delivered by a consortium of partners including Nesta, Kennisland, Ashoka, ENoLL and Scholz & Friends.