Burns v. Egan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Weiss, J.
We are today called upon to consider for the second time the constitutionality of the Prison Construction Act (L 1983, ch 56, as amended by L 1983, chs 712, 713) (hereinafter the Act), and as a threshold matter, to determine whether plaintiffs have standing as voters and taxpayers to challenge the Act as violative of their right to vote under NY Constitution, article VII, § 11, which mandates a public referendum before the State undertakes to incur a long-term debt.
We considered these underlying issues in New York State Coalition for Criminal Justice v Coughlin…
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