SKELOS v. PATERSON

13426/09

2009 NY Slip Op 29320

DEAN G. SKELOS AND PEDRO ESPADA, JR., AS DULY ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE, Plaintiffs, v. DAVID PATERSON, AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND RICHARD RAVITCH, AS PUTATIVE NOMINEE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND LORRAINE CORTES-VASQUEZ, AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Defendants.

Supreme Court, Nassau County.

Decided July 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Lewis, Esq., New York, NY, Attorney for Plaintiff Dean Skelos.

John Ciampoli, Esq., Albany, NY, Attorney for Plaintiff Pedro Espada, Jr.

Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver & Hedges, LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for Defendants

Jaspan Schlesinger, LLP, Garden City, NY, Attorneys for Defendants


WILLIAM R. LaMARCA, J.

Plaintiffs, DEAN G. SKELOS and PEDRO ESPADA, JR., as duly elected members of the New York State Senate, move for an order preliminarily enjoining defendants, DAVID PATERSON, as Governor of the State of New York, RICHARD RAVITCH, putative nominee for Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York, and LORRAINE CORTEZ-VASQUEZ, as Secretary of the State of New York, and any other person acting in concert with them, from, inter alia, exercising...

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