LaValle v. Hayden

OPINION OF THE COURT

Alan D. Oshrin, J.

In this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, the plaintiffs maintain that the manner in which members of the Board of Regents are elected pursuant to the alternative joint ballot provision of section 202 (1) and (2) of the Education Law violates their right to a bicameral legislative system as established by the State Constitution which vests the Legislature with nondelegable appointment authority over the Board of Regents; eviscerates the voting power of State Senators, depriving the plaintiffs of their State and Federal constitutional rights to…