FOSSELLA v. ADAMS

2022-05794, Index No. 85007/22.

2024 NY Slip Op 00891

VITO J. FOSSELLA, ET AL., Respondents, v. ERIC ADAMS, ETC., ET AL., Defendants-Appellants, HINA NAVEED, ET AL., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants, ET AL., Defendant, ET AL. Defendant-Intervenor.

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

Decided February 21, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix , Corporation Counsel, New York, NY ( Richard Dearing , Devin Slack , and Mackenzie Fillow of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Latino Justice PRLDEF, New York, NY ( Cesar Z. Ruiz , Ghita Schwarz , Fulvia Vargas-De Leon , Jackson Chin , and Lourdes Rosado of counsel), for defendants-intervenors-appellants.

O'Connell and Aronowitz, P.C., Albany, NY ( Cornelius D. Murray and Michael Y. Hawrylchak of counsel), for respondents.

New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY (Veronica R. Salama, Perry Grossman, and Molly K. Biklen, amicus curiae pro se.

White & Case LLP, New York, NY ( Tripp Odom of counsel), for amici curiae New York Immigration Coalition and United Neighborhood Houses.

Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY ( Peter Bautz and Elizabeth Femia of counsel), for amicus curiae Common Cause New York.

Muslim Advocates, Washington, D.C. ( Reem Subei , pro hac vice, Christopher Godshall-Bennett , pro hac vice, and Stephanie Rose Correa of counsel), amicus curiae pro se and for amici curiae Muslim Bar Association of New York, Muslim Community Network, UndocuBlack Network, OneAmerica, Islamophobia Studies Center, Black Leadership and Action Coalition, Jetpac, and National Lawyers' Guild, Rochester Chapter.

Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY ( Jessica Kaufman , Eric D. Lawson , and Lily Westergaard of counsel), for amicus curiae Ron Hayduk.

Before: Angela G. Iannacci, J.P., Paul Wooten, Helen Voutsinas, Lillian Wan, JJ.


OPINION & ORDER

APPEAL by the defendants Eric Adams, as Mayor of the City of New York, and the City Council of the City of New York, and separate appeal by the defendants-intervenors Hina Naveed, Carlos Vargas Galindo, Abraham Paulos, Emili Prado, Eva Santos Veloz, Melissa John, Angel Salazar, and Jan Ezra Undag, in an action...

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