Property Clerk of New York City Police Department v. Taylor

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Sheila AbdusSalaam, J.), entered May 14, 1996, which granted defendant’s posttrial motion to dismiss this action under Administrative Code of the City of New York § 14-140 seeking forfeiture of defendant’s automobile, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The action was properly dismissed because, with respect to the charge of patronizing a prostitute in the fourth degree, a class B misdemeanor (Penal Law § 230.03), the testimony of the undercover officer did not show a sufficient nexus between defendant’s use of his car and his alleged patronizing of a…