Legal Opinion
Rivera v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 29, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Plaintiffs are the surviving children of the late Naomi Vasquez, whose live-in boyfriend, Harry Bonilla, killed her and her daughter, Wanda Rivera, in 1993 (see People v Bonilla, 251 AD2d 82 [1998], lv denied 92 NY2d 893 [1998]). At the time of the murders, defendant Child Welfare Administration (CWA) was investigating plaintiffs’ home. Family Court had ordered the investigation after the children’s paternal grandmother alleged in a petition for visitation rights that Bonilla was “on drugs” and that Naomi “[was] not caring for [the] oldest child properly.” Plaintiffs allege, inter alia, that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cuffy v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- McLean v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
- Pelaez v. SeideNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
- Kovit v. Estate of HallumsNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
- Sean M. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Avila v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 2013
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- Hines v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
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