Brooome County v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kane, J. P.

In April 1988, respondent State Division of Parole (hereinafter the Division) notified petitioner Broome County Sheriff (hereinafter the Sheriff) that the Division was discontinuing its policy of transporting parole violators* held in local jails in Broome County to State correctional facilities. To execute the change, which thereinafter placed the responsibility for transportation on the Sheriff, the Division issued documents titled "Warrant for Return of Paroled or Conditionally Released Prisoner to a New York State Correctional Facility”. The Sheriff…