Abrams Fensterman LLP filed a civil rights lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of Khal Torath Chaim of Rockland Inc. and Yeshivath Viznitz Dkhal Torath Chaim.

The suit, brought against the Village of Briarcliff Manor, the Village of Briarcliff Manor Zoning Board of Appeals and other defendants, seeks to declare that the actions barring the plaintiffs request to use the property as a religious school and place of worship violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.