MATTER OF BENTKOWSKI v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Index No. 154962/23, Motion No. 2024-1452, Appeal No. 2038, Case No. 2023-04716.

2024 NY Slip Op 02771

IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT BENTKOWSKI ET AL., Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. THE CITY OF NEW YORK ET AL., Respondents/Defendants-Appellants, AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Amicus Curaie.

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

Decided May 21, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Richard Dearing , Devin Slack , Jonathan Schoepp-Wong and ChloÉ K. Moon of counsel), for appellants.

Walden Macht & Haran LLP, New York ( Jacob S. Gardener and Hannah Belitz of counsel), and Pollock Cohen LLP, New York ( Steve Cohen of counsel), for respondents.

Alston + Bird LLP, New York (Karl Geercken, Betty Weinberg Ellerin, Elizabeth A. Buckel, Sharon Steinerman and Kristen C. Kuan of counsel), for Aetna Life Insurance Company, Amicus Curaie.

Gesmer, J.P., Shulman, Higgitt, Rosado, JJ.


Opinion

Petitioners/Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment (denominated an order) of the Supreme Court, New York County (Lyle E. Frank, J.), entered September 19, 2023, which, in this hybrid proceeding-class action brought pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted the petition-complaint to the extent of permanently enjoining the City...

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