CAMPAIGN FOR EQUITY v. STATE


162 Misc.2d 493 (1994)

616 N.Y.S.2d 851

Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. State of New York et al., Defendants. City of New York et al., Plaintiffs, v. State of New York et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

June 21, 1994


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Oliver Koppell, Attorney-General (Richard Rifkin, Howard Zwickel, Jeffrey I. Slonim, Clement J. Colucci and Mark G. Peters of counsel), for State of New York and others, defendants. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and Rhonda Weingarten (Alan M. Klinger, Steward Ribach and Faith Firestone of counsel), for United Federation of Teachers, amicus curiae. Donald Schaffer, Victor A. Bolden, Christopher A. Hansen and Helen Hershkoff, New York City, for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and others, amici curiae. Arthur N. Eisenberg, New York City, for New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, amicus curiae. Michael A. Rebell Associates, New York City (Michael A. Rebell of counsel), and Teitelbaum, Hiller, Rodman, Paden & Hibsher, P. C., New York City, for Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc., plaintiff. Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City (Evan A. Davis, Lawrence T. Gresser, Denise C. Morgan, Deborah A. Hymowitz and Marcia L. Narine of counsel), and Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of New York City (Lorna B. Goodman, David B. Goldin, Laura A. Chamberlain, Florence A. Hutner and Shari M. Goodstein of counsel), for City of New York and another, plaintiffs.


LELAND DEGRASSE, J.

"The struggle continues. Lawsuits all around the country are now challenging the inherent inequities in the funding of school districts with local property taxes — creating huge disparities in the resources available to children in city and suburban districts" (Forty Years and Still Struggling, NY Times, May 18, 1994, at A 22).

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