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ZHENG v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 147.

19 N.Y.3d 556 (2012)

950 N.Y.S.2d 301

2012 NY Slip Op 5091

JASMINE ZHENG et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Steven Banks , Jane Sujen Bock , Joshua Goldfein and Judith Goldiner of counsel), and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP ( Konrad L. Cailteux , Isabella C. Lacayo , Jesse Morris , Emily L. Pincow and Lisa Sokolowski of counsel), for appellants.

Michael A. Cardozo , Corporation Counsel, New York City ( Eric Rundbaken , Allan G. Krams , Nancy F. Brodie , David Cooperstein and Michael Adler of counsel), for respondents.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York City ( Randy M. Mastro and Christopher Muller of counsel), for Sanctuary for Families and others, amici curiae.

Judges GRAFFEO, SMITH and PIGOTT concur with Judge READ; Judge CIPARICK dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judge JONES concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

READ, J.

Plaintiffs claim that the City of New York is contractually obligated to pay rent subsidies to their landlords under the Advantage New York program until expiration of their leases. State and federal reimbursement for two thirds of the Advantage program's costs ended on April 1, 2011, causing the City to discontinue it as of that date. Both lower courts found that the City did...

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