Legal Opinion
Browne v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 6, 1925PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
These are taxpayers’ actions to enjoin the city of New York and the public officers thereof from disbursing public moneys under the authority of local laws.
The local laws, adopted by the Municipal Assembly, depend for their validity upon the City Home Rule Law, enacted in 1924 by the Legislature of the State (Consol. Laws, chap. 76; L. 1924, ch. 363), and this in turn depends upon article XII, §§ 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the State Constitution, as amended at the general election of 1923. The plaintiff Browne maintains that the process of amendment was irregular, and hence that the attempted change…
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