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URBAN JUSTICE CTR. v. PATAKI

10 Misc.3d 939 (2005)

810 N.Y.S.2d 826

URBAN JUSTICE CENTER et al., Plaintiffs, v. GEORGE E. PATAKI, as Governor of the State of New York, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

November 22, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General (Bruce McHale and Kathryn Spann of counsel), for defendants.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (Evan Davis of counsel), for plaintiffs.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JANE S. SOLOMON, J.

Introduction

This lawsuit addresses important issues central to the health of New York State's government. Studies and newspaper editorials describe New York's Legislature as "dysfunctional," and as the worst state legislature in the country. (See Brennan Center for Justice, The New York State Legislative Process: An Evaluation and Blueprint for Reform [appended as exhibit A to the complaint...

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