State Ex Rel. Harkavy v. Consilvio

7 N.Y.3d 607 (2006)

859 N.E.2d 508

825 N.Y.S.2d 702

STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. STEPHEN J. HARKAVY, on Behalf of JOHN DOE Nos. 1 THROUGH 12, Appellant,

v.

EILEEN CONSILVIO, as Executive Director of Manhattan Psychiatric Center and KIRBY FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Argued October 11, 2006.

Decided November 21, 2006.

Mental Hygiene Legal Service, First Judicial Department, New York City (Sadie Zea Ishee, Stephen J. Harkavy and Karen Gomes Andreasian of counsel), for appellant.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, New York City (Caitlin J. Halligan, Daniel Smirlock and…