Nov 29, 2019

The lawfulness of subpoenas issued by the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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This appeal raises an important issue concerning the investigative authority of two committees of the United States House of Representatives...
Nov 22, 2019

Public officer is removed from the position by operation of law should he fail to timely file his oath of office upon appointment or reappointment

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§30.1[h] of the Public Officers Law, "Creation    of vacancies," provides, in pertinent part, that an office shall be vacant upon ...
Nov 21, 2019

Court's dismissal of one or more specification set out in a disciplinary charge requires remanding the matter to the appointing authority for reconsideration of the disciplinary penalty imposed on the employee

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The appointing authority filed disciplinary charges against a public safety dispatcher [Petitioner] pursuant to Civil Service Law §75. Charg...
Nov 20, 2019

State Joint Commission on Public Ethics sued by individual claiming not to be a lobbyist and thus not subject to the filing requirements applicable to professional lobbyists

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§1-c of Article 1-A of the Legislative Law, the Lobbying Act, provides as follows:  "As used in this article unless the context otherwi...
Nov 19, 2019

A work-related injury resulting from a concealed cause of the individual's fall may constitute an accident within the meaning of Retirement and Social Security Law

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A police officer [Petitioner] exited his patrol car and began walking toward the scene of a third accident in the immediate area when he ste...