HEARD v. CUOMO


139 Misc.2d 336 (1988)

John Heard et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Mario M. Cuomo, as Governor of the State of New York, et al., Defendants. Michael Koskinas et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Jo I. Boufford, as President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

March 28, 1988


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison for plaintiffs. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General, for Mario M. Cuomo and others, defendants. Peter L. Zimroth, Corporation Counsel, for Jo I. Boufford and others, defendants.


EDWARD H. LEHNER, J.

The sole issue in dispute herein is whether the State and city defendants shall be required to provide plaintiffs with a representative sample of written service plans issued to patients upon discharge from mental hospitals pursuant to section 29.15 (f) and (g) of the Mental Hygiene Law. The court holds that by reason of the confidentiality provisions of Mental Hygiene Law § 33.13...

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