BROWN v. NEW YORK

Barbara G. BROWN, as President and on behalf of the Citywide Association of Law Assistants, Arthur Cheliotes, as President and on behalf of Local 1180, Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, John Clancy, as President and on behalf of the Court Officers Benevolent Association of Nassau County, Clifford Koppelman, as President and on behalf of Local 1070, District Council 37 AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Brenda Levinson, as President and on behalf of the Court Attorneys Association of the City of New York, Christopher Manning, as President and on behalf of the Suffolk County Court Employees Association, Inc., John Strandberg, as President and on behalf of the Supreme Court Officers Association, and Joseph C. Walsh, as President and on behalf of the New York State Court Clerks Association, Plaintiffs, v. The State of NEW YORK, Andrew M. Cuomo, individually, and in his official capacity as Governor of the State of New York, New York State Unified Court System, Jonathan Lippman, individually and in his capacity as the Chief Judge of the State of New York, A. Gail Prudenti, individually and in her capacity as Chief Administrative Judge of the State of New York, New York State Civil Service Department, Patricia A. Hite, individually, and in her official capacity as Commissioner of the New York State Civil Service Department, New York State Civil Service Commission, Caroline W. Ahl and J. Dennis Hanrahan, individually, and in their official capacities as Commissioners of the New York State Civil Service Commission, Robert L. Megna, individually, and in his official capacity as Director of the New York State Division of the Budget, and Thomas P. Dinapoli, individually, and in his official capacity as Comptroller of the State of New York, and New York State and Local Retirement System, Defendants.