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MATTER OF SEELIG v. KOEHLER

76 N.Y.2d 87 (1990)

In the Matter of Phillip Seelig, as President of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association of the City of New York, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. Richard J. Koehler, as Correction Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 8, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Anolik and Barbara H. Daly for appellants.

Victor A. Kovner, Corporation Counsel (Michael S. Adler and Francis F. Caputo of counsel), for respondents.

Judges SIMONS, ALEXANDER and HANCOCK, JR., concur with Judge BELLACOSA; Chief Judge WACHTLER dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Judges KAYE and TITONE concur.

BELLACOSA, J.

The New York City Commissioner of Correction promulgated a random urinalysis drug-testing program for all uniformed officers because, "[i]n spite of an aggressive drug prevention educational program and testing procedures, including an aggressive reasonable suspicion testing program, the Department has documented a serious drug abuse problem among a significant number of its members." (Record on...

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