Santora v. Sheldon Silver

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Emily Jane Goodman, J.), entered July 17, 2008, which, in a taxpayer’s action under State Finance Law § 123-b against a state official (Silver) and a private citizen previously employed by the State as Silver’s legal counsel (Boxley) seeking restitution of state funds paid to settle a prior sexual harassment action brought against the State, Silver and Boxley, dismissed the complaint as against Silver for failure to state a cause of action and as against Boxley for lack of standing, unanimously modified, on the law, to dismiss the complaint as against…