Prince v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*116OPINION OF THE COURT
Richter, J.
On February 23, 2011, petitioner Albert Prince removed a single television antenna from the top of some curbside garbage bags, placed it in his vehicle, and drove away. Shortly thereafter, the New York City sanitation police pulled Prince over, and issued him a summons for unauthorized removal of residential recyclable material using a motor vehicle (see Administrative Code of City of NY § 16-118 [7] [b] [1]). The summons carried with it a mandatory $2,000 fine for a first offense (see Administrative Code § 16-118 [7] [f] [1] [i]). The police also impounded…
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