PERDOMO v. MORGENTHAU


60 A.D.3d 435 (2009)

874 N.Y.S.2d 443

RAMONA PERDOMO, Respondent, v. ROBERT MORGENTHAU, as District Attorney, Appellant, et al., Defendant.

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

Decided March 5, 2009.


A court's primary consideration "when presented with a question of statutory interpretation . . . is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the Legislature" (Matter of Daimler-Chrysler Corp. v Spitzer, 7 N.Y.3d 653, 660 [2006] [internal quotation marks and citation omitted]). Legislative intent, in turn, is most clearly indicated by unambiguous statutory text, which courts...

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