Yusuf v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Paul Victor, J.), entered July 2, 2002, which granted plaintiffs motion for class certification and denied defendants’ cross motion for summary judgment, unanimously modified, on the law, to grant partial summary judgment dismissing the complaint only insofar as its allegations of unauthorized fees relate to the Sheriffs administrative fee, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

Each element of the Sheriffs administrative fee, in connection with the New York City “ScoffTow” program (Administrative Code of City of NY § 19-212), has a statutory basis (CPLR…