Hidley v. Rockefeller

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County, which declared that certain appropriation bills submitted by the Governor and passed by Legislature in 1971 (the State Purposes Budget, the Local Assistance Budget and the Capital Construction Budget) violate article VII of the New York Constitution and permanently enjoined defendants from terminating the employment of State civil servants under the authority of such legislation. Appeal has also been taken from the order which granted a motion for a preliminary injunction.

The complaint alleges that the budget…