Legal Opinion
Jefferson v. Rose
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 23, 2012No. 12-CV-1334 (JS)(ARL)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
SEYBERT, District Judge.
Pending before the Court is pro se Plaintiff Kevin Jefferson’s (“Plaintiff’) motion for a preliminary injunction. For the following reasons, Plaintiffs motion is GRANTED.
BACKGROUND
I. Legal Framework
New York Penal Law § 240.35(1) (the “Statute”) provides that a person is guilty of loitering if he “[ljoiters, remains or wanders about in a public place for the purpose of begging.” In 1990, a number of homeless individuals who begged on the streets and in the parks of New York City (the “city”) brought a class action lawsuit against the City in the United…
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