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PATTERSON v. CAREY

41 N.Y.2d 714 (1977)

A. Holly Patterson et al., Constituting the Jones Beach State Parkway Authority, et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. Hugh Carey, as Governor of the State of New York, et al., Defendants, and Louis J. Lefkowitz, as Attorney-General of the State of New York, Appellant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Douglas S. Dales, Jr., and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), Albany, for appellant-respondent.

Bernard S. Meyer and James F. Oliviero, Mineola, for A. Holly Patterson and others, respondents-appellants.

Hugh N. Fryer, Bradford J. Race, Jr., William J. A. Sparks and Francine J. Morris, New York City, for The Chase Manhattan Bank, N. A., respondent-appellant.

Charles L. Kades, Clarence Fried and Howard F. Husum, New York City, for New York State Bridge Authority, amicus curiae.

Anthony S. Genovese and Michael F. Fitzgerald, New York City, for Automobile Club of New York, Inc., amicus curiae.

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

JASEN, J.

By its enactment of section 153-c of the Public Authorities Law, the Legislature rescinded an increase in the toll charged motorists by the Jones Beach State Parkway Authority for the use of the Southern State Parkway. The statute also provides that the increase cannot be restored nor any future increase imposed unless the authority complies with a new four-stage review process. The issue on this appeal...

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