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MATTER OF M. S.

173 Misc.2d 656 (1997)

662 N.Y.S.2d 207

In the Matter of an Application for News Media Coverage in the Matter of M. S.

Family Court, Westchester County.

July 1, 1997

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Scheinfeld, L. L. P. (Slade R. Metcalf and Melissa Georges of counsel), for N.Y.P. Holdings, Inc., applicant. Eve Burton for New York City Daily News, applicant. David N. Dinkins and Percy E. Sutton (George H. Kendall of counsel), and NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund (L. Song Richardson and Theodore M. Shaw of counsel), for M. S., respondent. Marilyn J. Slaatten, County Attorney of Westchester County (Barbara F. Kukowski, Stacey Dolgin-Kmetz and Jodine Schenkerman of counsel), for presentment agency.

HOWARD SPITZ, J.

A human tragedy of great personal and societal proportions occurred on June 1, 1997, when Dr. B. S., an esteemed public figure and spokesperson for human rights, sustained third degree burns to more than 80% of her body in a fire at her home. Her 12-year-old grandson is accused of setting the fire and is the respondent in this juvenile delinquency proceeding before the court. Dr. S. died on...

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