ROBERTS v. PATERSON

5317N, 116602/10.

84 A.D.3d 655 (2011)

923 N.Y.S.2d 326

LILLIAN ROBERTS, as Executive Director of District Council 37, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, et al., Appellants, v. DAVID A. PATERSON, as Governor of the State of New York, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided May 26, 2011.


The City and the State are precluded by NY Constitution, article X, § 5, and Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 614 from assuming the legal obligation to pay the NYC OTB retirees' health insurance benefits. Thus, plaintiffs cannot show a probability of success on the merits or otherwise meet the "heightened standard" governing their application for a mandatory preliminary injunction (see Second on Second Café, Inc. v Hing Sing Trading, Inc....

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