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MCCAIN v. DINKINS

84 N.Y.2d 216 (1994)

639 N.E.2d 1132

616 N.Y.S.2d 335

Yvonne McCain et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. David N. Dinkins, as Mayor of the City of New York, et al., Appellants-Respondents, et al., Defendant. In the Matter of Maria Lamboy et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. Barbara J. Sabol, as Administrator of the Human Resources Administration of the City of New York and as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services, et al., Appellants-Respondents, et al., Defendant. Karen Slade et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. David N. Dinkins, as Mayor of the City of New York, et al., Appellants-Respondents, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 10, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of New York City (Elizabeth Dvorkin, Leonard Koerner and George Gutwirth of counsel), for appellants-respondents in the three above-entitled actions and proceeding.

Steven Banks, New York City, Kalman Finkel, Helaine Barnett, Jane Sujen Bock, Andrew W. Ko, Nancy Rosenbloom, Jane E. Booth, Scott A. Rosenberg and Richard Blum for respondents-appellants in the three above-entitled actions and proceeding.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.

BELLACOSA, J.

As if the seeming insolubility of society's efforts to house the homeless were not a daunting enough problem, a collateral consequence takes center judicial stage arising out of a series of long-standing lawsuits culminating in contempt adjudications against the City of New York and four City officials.

The City and the four appointed City officers are held in contempt of judicial orders...

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