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MORRIS v. BOARD OF ESTIMATE

No. 81 CV 3920 (ERN).

592 F.Supp. 1462 (1984)

Beverly MORRIS; Joy Clarke Holmes; Joanne Oplustil, Plaintiffs, v. The BOARD OF ESTIMATE, The City of New York, Edward I. Koch, individually and as Mayor of New York, Carol Bellamy, individually and as City Council President, Harrison J. Goldin, individually and as Comptroller for the City of New York, Howard Golden, Andrew Stein, Stanley Simon, Donald Manes, Anthony Gaeta, each individually and as Borough Presidents of the boroughs of the City of New York, Defendants, and Frank V. Ponterio, Intervenor-Defendant, Robert A. Straniere, individually and as a member of the New York State Assembly, Intervenor-Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

August 21, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Emery, Arthur Eisenberg, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel, City of N.Y., New York City by Judith A. Levitt, Susan R. Rosenberg, for defendants.

Frank V. Ponterio, Staten Island, N.Y., pro se.

Robert A. Straniere, Staten Island, N.Y., pro se.

Alan Rothstein, Citizens Union of N.Y., New York City, amicus curiae.

John J. Marchi, Staten Island, N.Y., amicus curiae.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NEAHER, District Judge.

In December 1981, plaintiffs filed suit charging that the New York City Board of Estimate ("Board") deprived them of equal protection under the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. More precisely, as Brooklyn residents, plaintiffs maintained that sections 61 and 62 of the New York City Charter, outlining the Board's legislative plan, devalued their...

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