MET COUNCIL v. CROSSON


84 N.Y.2d 328 (1994)

642 N.E.2d 1073

618 N.Y.S.2d 617

In the Matter of Met Council, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. Matthew Crosson, as Chief Administrator of the Courts of the State of New York, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raun J. Rasmussen, John C. Gray, Jr., Sarah Dranoff, Laura Nelsen, Brooklyn, Andrew Scherer, New York City, David Robinson, Finder, Novick, Kerrigan & Anderson (Andrea T. Novick of counsel), Wayne Hawley, Michelle Schreiber and Susan Cohen for appellants.

Kenneth Falk, New York City, Michael Colodner and John Eiseman for respondents.

Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur; Chief Judge KAYE taking no part.


SMITH, J.

The principal issues presented are (1) whether Housing Court Judges may hold over after the expiration of their five-year term and (2) whether Housing Court Judges are subject to the reappointment authority of the Chief Administrator of the Courts.

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Jack Dubinsky and Emanuel Haber were originally appointed to five-year terms as Housing Judges on July 23, 1981 and reappointed to second...

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