Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York City

This appeal brings into question the constitutionality of § 903 of the Charter of the City of New York. That section provides that whenever an employee of the City utilizes the privilege against self-incrimination to avoid answering a question relating to his official conduct, “his term or tenure of office or employment shall terminate and such office or employment shall be vacant, and he shall not be eligible to election or appointment to any office or employment under the city or any agency.” 1 Appellant Slochower invoked the privilege against self-incrimination *553under the Fifth Amendment…