Schulz v. Pataki

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Teresi, J.), entered February 24, 1999 in Albany County, which, inter alia, dismissed petitioner’s application, in a combined proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, declaratory judgment action and action pursuant to State Finance Law article 7-A, seeking, inter alia, a declaration that respondent Governor’s distribution of complimentary tickets to Whiteface Mountain and the State Fair was unconstitutional.

Following a devastating ice storm which struck northern New York on January 7, 1998, a State Disaster Emergency was declared and thousands of…