Legal Opinion
McGrath v. New Yorkers Together
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 2016PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Daniel R. Palmieri, J.
This case concerns newly-enacted sections of the Election Law concerning a ban on coordination between political action committees in the aid of persons seeking political office. More specifically, and as is relevant here, the statutes at issue, enacted and made effective in September 2016, bar financial contributions from one such committee to another and provide an enforcement mechanism therefor. They followed on the heels and were part of comprehensive legislation designed, as stated by Governor Cuomo in his August 24, 2016 Approval Memorandum,
“to…
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