Legal Opinion
Michael v. Communications Workers of America AFL-CIO
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 25, 1985PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Norman C. Ryp, J.
A. ISSUES
Who can sell municipal agency hearing transcripts, employee stenographers or employer New York City Finance Department? Who and what determines their sale (and collects its proceeds) in the presence of a 30-year approved practice and agency regulations, but absent statutory sanction? Is this long-term practice an employee protected benefit, or a violation of the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL; Public Officers Law § 84 et seq.), or an unconstitutional "gift” by a municipality contrary to NY Constitution, article VIII, *425§ 1? The last are issues of…
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