BECKER v. LEVITT

No. 40, Docket 72-2331.

489 F.2d 1087 (1973)

Francis X. BECKER, individually and on behalf of all other taxpayers of the Village of Lynbrook similarly situated, and on behalf of all other taxpayers residing in the incorporated villages of the State of New York similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Arthur LEVITT, as Comptroller of the State of New York, and Norman F. Gallman, as Commissioner of Taxation & Finance of the State of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay F. Korth, Lynbrook, New York, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Brenda Soloff, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City (Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., and Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., of N. Y., New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before MEDINA, LUMBARD and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.


MEDINA, Circuit Judge:

As demands for additional services and the effects of inflation made themselves felt, the State of New York embarked upon a comprehensive program of revenue sharing with the cities, towns, villages and counties of the State of New York. In 1970 the State Legislature made substantial changes in this program for the purpose of giving further aid to these political subdivisions of the state. Supplementing the basic amounts made payable to each...

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