MATTER OF ORANGE COUNTY PUBL'N, DIV. OF OTTAWAY NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. Council of the City of Newburgh

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Order of the Appellate Division to the extent appealed from affirmed, without costs, on so much of the opinion of Mr. Justice Samuel Rabin at the Appellate Division relevant to the application of article 7 of the Public Officers Law to meetings of the City Council of the City of Newburgh (sée 60 AD2d 409, 411-417). The purpose and intention of the State Legislature in the present context are interpreted as expressed in the language of the statute and its preamble. It is neither appropriate nor necessary to suggest agreement with the legislative policy or to…