PADAVAN v. CITY OF NEW YORK


258 A.D.2d 266 (1999)

685 N.Y.S.2d 35

FRANK PADAVAN, Individually and on Behalf of All Taxpayers in the City of New York, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 2, 1999.


We find nothing in the amendments to the Johnson Act (15 USC § 1175) to support plaintiff's contention that they were intended by Congress to preempt local regulation of so-called gambling "cruises to nowhere". Nor is there any indication that the challenged enactment, Local Law 57 (adding Administrative Code of City of NY § 20-950 et seq.), actually conflicts with the amendments to the Johnson Act. Although the cited amendments to the Johnson Act relaxed...

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