Sussman v. New York State Organized Crime Task Force

We hold that under subdivision 4 of section 70-a of the Executive Law there must be a showing that the matters under investigation involve multicounty "organized crime activities” to authorize the issuance of office subpoenas by the Deputy Attorney-General in charge of the Organized *230Crime Task Force, and that as so interpreted the statute is constitutional. In this respect we distinguish between the prerequisite to issuance of office subpoenas and the prerequisite to appearance by the Deputy Attorney-General before a Grand Jury. (Cf. People v Rallo, 39 NY2d 217.)

The State-wide Organized Crime…