1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.Y.2d
  4. 64 N.Y.2d
  5. 64 N.Y.2d 233 (1984)
 

NYS LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEES v. CUOMO

64 N.Y.2d 233 (1984)

In the Matter of New York State Inspection, Security and Law Enforcement Employees, District Council 82, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, et al., Appellants, v. Mario M. Cuomo, as Governor and Chief Executive Officer of the State of New York, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark T. Walsh, Jr., for appellants.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Ann Horowitz, Robert Hermann and O. Peter Sherwood of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.

JASEN, J.

The statutory right to a safe workplace may not be enforced by means of a remedy at law which would require the judiciary to preempt the exercise of discretion by the executive branch of government.

In 1982, the Long Island Correctional Facility (LICF), situated on the grounds of the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center, was opened as part of a plan to meet the immediate and long-term needs of the...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases