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MATTER OF LAUREANO v. KOCH

64 N.Y.2d 1105 (1985)

In the Matter of Maria Laureano et al., Appellants, v. Edward I. Koch, as Mayor of the City of New York, et al., Respondents, and Delores Hancock et al., Intervenors-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Scherer, Susan Barrie, Lucy Billings, John E. Kirklin, James C. Francis, IV, and Scott A. Rosenberg for appellants and intervenors-appellants.

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (June A. Witterschein, Leonard Koerner and Jeffrey Schanback of counsel), for respondents.

Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE and KANE. Taking no part: Judge ALEXANDER.

Order reversed, without costs, and matter remitted to Supreme Court, New York County, with directions to dismiss the proceeding for mootness. We decline to exercise our discretion to retain jurisdiction despite mootness (see, Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne, 50 N.Y.2d 707, 718) for the reason that in this instance the City has in fact published...

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