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MATTER OF STRANIERE v. SILVER

218 A.D.2d 80 (1996)

637 N.Y.S.2d 982

In the Matter of Robert A. Straniere, Individually and as Assemblyman of The 61st Assembly District of New York, et al., Appellants, v. Sheldon Silver, as Speaker of The State Assembly, et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

February 22, 1996

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Straniere, Albany, pro se, Eric N. Vitaliano, Albany, pro se, and Raymond A. Fasano, Staten Island, for Robert A. Stranier and others, appellants.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City (Steven Alan Reiss, Katherine Oberlies and David Jason Lender of counsel), for respondents.

CARDONA, P. J., WHITE, PETERS and SPAIN, JJ., concur.

MERCURE, J.

At issue on this appeal is the fate of proposed legislation, introduced in 1994, providing for the secession of the Borough of Staten Island from the City of New York. It is necessary, however, to briefly review prior legislation concerning Staten Island secession.

In 1989, the State Legislature enacted a bill addressing the desire of the residents of Staten Island to secede from the City...

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