Wong v. City of New York

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward H. Lehner, J.), entered on or about November 30, 1990, permitting the Corporation Counsel to withdraw as counsel for defendant Bouknight, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts and in the exercise of discretion, and the motion to withdraw is denied, without prejudice to a further application for such relief after the completion of pretrial disclosure, without costs.

The issue of whether a City employee was acting within the scope of his employment and is thus entitled to representation by the Corporation Counsel and indemnification by the…