George F. Johnson Memorial Library v. Town Board of Town of Union

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lebous, J), entered October 6, 2008 in Broome County, which granted petitioners’ application, in a combined proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 and action for declaratory judgment, to, among other things, compel respondents to omit a certain proposition from the ballot at the November 4, 2008 general election.

Petitioners George F. Johnson Memorial Library and Your Home Public Library (hereinafter collectively referred to as the libraries) are public libraries located within the Town of Union *1037in Broome County. Prior to 2004, they were funded…