People v. Schery

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lerner, J.

This appeal requires us to address an issue of first impression, whether employees of a private agency hired by the Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office may lawfully be permitted to monitor intercepted conversations in the execution of an eavesdropping warrant.

This case stems from a year-long investigation of the New York branch of a Colombian narcotics cartel, which operated throughout the New York metropolitan area. A series of eavesdropping warrants were issued authorizing the New York County District Attorney, the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force…