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MATTER OF LEVY

38 N.Y.2d 653 (1976)

In the Matter of Bruce M. Levy. Joseph W. Levy, Appellant; City of New York et al., Respondents. In the Matter of Bruce M. Levy. Joseph W. Levy, Appellant; City of New York et al., Respondents. In the Matter of Claudia Mann. Herbert Mann, Appellant; City of New York et al., Respondents. In the Matter of Bruce A. Vander Malle. Harold A. Vander Malle, Appellant; City of New York et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur D. Zinberg for appellants.

Bernard W. Richland, Corporation Counsel (Ellen Kramer Sawyer and L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), for City of New York, respondent.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Samuel A. Hirshowitz and Gabriel I. Levy of counsel), in his statutory capacity under section 71 of the Executive Law.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

JONES, J.

We hold that section 234 of the Family Court Act is constitutional notwithstanding that it authorizes Family Court in New York City to direct parents of handicapped children, other than children who are blind or deaf, to contribute to the maintenance of such children in connection with their education.

Appellants are parents of three handicapped children...

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