Law Enforcement Officers Union, District Council 82 v. Goord

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lamont, J.), entered December 28, 1998 in Albany County, which, inter alia, dismissed petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to compel respondents to adhere to maximum facility regulations pursuant to 9 NYCRR part 7621.

This case arises out of a decision by the Department of Correctional Services to add 72 beds to Wallkill Correctional Facility, a medium-security correctional facility in Ulster County. The additional beds were placed in cells which had been single-occupancy units, thereby resulting in the housing of…