MATTER OF CROMARTY v. LEONARD


26 Misc.2d 405 (1961)

In the Matter of Arthur M. Cromarty, Individually and as a Member of the Board of Supervisors of Suffolk County, Petitioner, v. William Leonard, as Presiding Officer of the Board of Supervisors, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Suffolk County.

January 26, 1961


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene J. Blumberg for petitioner. Reginald C. Smith for respondents.


L. BARRON HILL, J.

This proceeding poses one question, viz.: Has the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Suffolk County the power to record an abstention by a Supervisor as a negative vote?

The Suffolk County Charter (L. 1958, ch. 278) became a law March 21, 1958. The drafters, skilled in urban municipal law, were given the task of providing an alternative form of government tailor-made for Suffolk County. They failed to envisage the ingenuity...

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