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Straniere v. Silver

89 N.Y.2d 825 Court N.Y. Decision date 1996-11-14 English

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p. 825
[675 NE2d 1222, 653 NYS2d 270]
In the Matter of Robert A. Straniere, Individually and as Assemblyman of the 61st Assembly District of New York, et al., Appellants, v Sheldon Silver, as Speaker of the State Assembly, et al., Respondents.
Argued October 16, 1996;
decided November 14, 1996
p. 828
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert A. Straniere and Eric N. Vitaliano, Staten Island, pro se, and Raymond A. Fasano, Staten Island, for Robert A. Straniere and another, appellants.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L. L. P., New York City (Steven Alan Reiss, David Jason Lender and Jacqueline Haberfeld of counsel), for respondents.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Thomas E. Mercure at the Appellate Division ( 218 AD2d 80 ).

Concur: Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Simons, Titone, Bellacosa, Smith, Levine and Ciparick.

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