MATTER OF PETRI v. MILHIM


136 A.D.2d 641 (1988)

In the Matter of George F. Petri, as President of The Police Benevolent Association of the Village of Hempstead, Inc., et al., Respondents, v. George Milhim, as Mayor of The Incorporated Village of Hempstead, et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

January 19, 1988


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, the determination is confirmed, and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits.

The Mayor had the authority to stop the fund drive because of his supervisory activity over the police (see, Village Law § 4-400 [1] [e]). In addition, New York courts have upheld bans on police solicitations as reasonable measures to protect police integrity (see, McGuire v Krane,

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