Spargo v. New York State Commission on Government Integrity

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Prior, Jr., J.), entered August 1, 1988 in Albany County, which, inter alia, denied respondent’s cross motion to change venue from Albany County to New York County.

In July 1987, respondent commenced an investigation into the campaign financing practices of the 1985 Town Board election in the Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County. In furtherance of its investigation, respondent served petitioner with a subpoena duces tecum and two subpoenas ad testificandum. Two of the subpoenas required petitioner to appear at respondent’s office in New York County…