Local governments may sometimes abuse their power over land use regulations to the detriment of individual property rights or the public interest, particularly when making individualized decisions that impact specific landowners or parcels. Playing by the Rules documents how Sea Cliff officials, unconstrained by official oversight, were able to disregard the rule of law, to impose a heartbreakingly massive, irreversible and intrusive devastation on our land and gardens, doing permanent harm to us, our neighbors, neighborhood and Village.