MTR OF CARVER v. STATE

No. 139

26 N.Y.3d 272 (2015)

44 N.E.3d 154

2015 NY Slip Op 08451

In the Matter of WALTER E. CARVER, Respondent, v. STATE OF NEW YORK et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided November 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General, New York City ( Valerie Figueredo , Barbara D. Underwood and Anisha S. Dasgupta of counsel), for appellants.

Empire Justice Center, Albany ( Susan C. Antos and Saima A. Akhtar of counsel), and Empire Justice Center, Rochester ( Peter O'Brian Dellinger and Bryan D. Hetherington of counsel), for respondent.

National Center for Law and Economic Justice, New York City ( Marc Cohan , J. Kelley Nevling, Jr. , and Leah Lotto of counsel), for National Center for Law and Economic Justice and others, amici curiae.

Judges RIVERA, STEIN and FAHEY concur; Judge ABDUS-SALAAM dissents in an opinion in which Judge PIGOTT concurs.


OPINION OF THE COURT

We hold that petitioner, who performed work for the City of New York in exchange for cash public assistance and food stamps, is protected by the federal minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards...

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