MATTER OF STATE v. S. HAVEN HOUSES HOUS. DEV. FUND CO., INC.


46 N.Y.2d 899 (1979)

In the Matter of the State of New York, by Louis J. Lefkowitz, as Attorney-General of the State of New York, Appellant-Respondent, v. South Haven Houses Housing Development Fund Company, Inc., et al., Respondents, and National Bank of North America, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Shirley Adelson Siegel, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, Meyer S. Horowitz, Maurice A. M. Edkiss and Charles Goldstein of counsel), for appellant-respondent.

Joseph A. Di Benedetto, Andrea Catania and Edward N. Meyer for respondent-appellant.

Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur in memorandum; Judge GABRIELLI concurs in result in a separate memorandum in which Chief Judge COOKE concurs.


MEMORANDUM.

Inasmuch as the petitioner Attorney-General alleged that the respondent National Bank of North America violated the provisions of article 7 (tit 1) of the General Obligations Law, the petitioner had legal standing to institute this proceeding against the respondent bank and, therefore, the petition should not have been dismissed on the ground that petitioner lacked standing. (See General Obligations Law, §...

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