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PROP. CLERK v. FERRIS

77 N.Y.2d 428 (1991)

In the Matter of Property Clerk of New York City Police Department, Appellant, v. Nicholas Ferris, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor A. Kovner, Corporation Counsel (Patrick L. Taylor and Pamela Seider Dolgow of counsel), for appellant.

Jean M. Kestel and Barbara Ferrand-Reilly for respondent.

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

SIMONS, J.

In this civil proceeding, petitioner New York City Property Clerk seeks a declaration that respondent's 1983 Mitsubishi automobile, seized following his arrest for drug possession, should be forfeited. The courts below determined that the vehicle was subject to forfeiture under the New York City Administrative Code because it was used "in aid or in furtherance...

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