Legal Opinion
James v. Farina
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 11, 2016PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lynn R. Kotler, J.
By order to show cause, petitioner Letitia James, as Public Advocate for the City of New York, requests that this court conduct a summary judicial inquiry pursuant to the rarely invoked section 1109 of the New York City Charter (motion sequence No. 001). Such relief is so rare that according to the First Department in Matter of Riches v New York City Council (75 AD3d 33, 38 [2010]), the last time a section 1109 inquiry was conducted was in 1900.
Petitioner seeks to obtain information regarding various acts by respondents Chancellor Carmen Farina and the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Matter of James v. FariñaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019