People v. Vasquez

OPINION OF THE COURT

Harvey M. Sklaver, J.

I

These cases arise out of an undercover operation conducted by a division of the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene into the operations of the Bronx Developmental Center, a school for mentally retarded and developmentally disabled persons (Mental Hygiene Law § 13.17). It appears that an investigator was placed in the school as an aide in order to observe and report on the actions of the personnel vis-á-vis the residents. The foregoing is not yet part of the record but was revealed by counsel during a bench conference and is mentioned in order…