RESEARCH GROUP v. THRUWAY


77 N.Y.2d 86 (1990)

In the Matter of New York Public Interest Research Group, Inc., by its Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Nadya Lawson, et al., Appellants, v. New York State Thruway Authority, by its Chairman of the Board, William Hennessy, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis B. Oliver, Jr., and Harriet B. Oliver for appellants.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Nancy A. Spiegel, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


ALEXANDER, J.

In Patterson v Carey (41 N.Y.2d 714), we held, inter alia, that Public Authorities Law § 153-c impermissibly infringed upon the State Comptroller's discretionary power to supervise the financial accounts of public authorities. On this appeal we conclude that, Public Authorities Law § 2804 (2) and...

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