MATTER OF PATROLMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSN. OF THE CITY OF N.Y. INC. v. DE BLASIO

150181/18. 7913A. 7913.

169 A.D.3d 518 (2019)

94 N.Y.S.3d 52

2019 NY Slip Op 01170

In the Matter of Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of the City of New York, Inc., Appellant, v. Bill De Blasio et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 19, 2019.


We affirm the denial of the petition and dismissal of the proceeding on grounds different from those of Supreme Court. The court held that petitioner could not maintain this hybrid action because there is no private right of action under Civil Rights Law § 50-a. We conclude that the fact that the statute does not provide a private right of action does not preclude review of petitioner's request for injunctive relief in an article 78 proceeding, because the statute creates...

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