Surmeli v. State of New York

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Plaintiffs commenced this action for a judgment declaring unconstitutional the New York State Education Law, section 6524(6), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder which (1) require that a physician, to be licensed to practice medicine in the state, must be either a citizen of the United States or file a declaration of intent to become a citizen, and (2) terminate any such license upon the alien physician’s failure to become a citizen within ten years of licensure. 1 Since the material facts are not in dispute, the parties agree that the…