Having determined that the zoning board of appeals could no longer meet in closed session to deliberate on the evidence adduced at a public hearing on a variance application, the Mayor sought to remove the petitioners from office for "willfully and intentionally" disregarding the mandate of the newly enacted Open Meetings Law (L 1976, ch 511, eff Jan. 1, 1977). It is clear from the record, however, that the petitioners...
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