Decision: 2022.02.10 Argument: 2022.01.05 vid. tr. Whether the collective bargaining agreement between New York State civil-service employees and the State gives those employees a vested right to have the State’s rates of contribution to health-insurance premiums remain unchanged during their lifetime and, if so, whether the State’s statutes and regulations negate that vested right.
January Session
Hunters for Deer, Inc. v. Town of Smithtown
Decision: 2022.02.10 Argument: 2021.01.04 vid. tr. Whether the Environmental Conservation Law preempts a local ordinance regulating bow-and-arrow use.
Konkur v. Turkish Cultural Center & Highway Education, Inc.
Decision: 2022.02.10 Argument: 2021.01.06 vid. tr. Whether a private right of action exists under Labor Law § 198-b, which makes it illegal for any person to demand or receive a kickback from an employee.
Matter of Aurora Associates LLC v. Locatelli
Decision: 2022.02.15 Argument: 2021.01.06 vid. tr. Whether a loft unit is subject to rent regulation because it is located in a pre-1974 building containing six or more residential units, even though the building owner purchased the Loft Law rights from the predecessor owner of the unit.
Matter of Callen v. New York City Loft Board
Decision: 2022.02.15 Argument: 2021.01.05 vid. tr. Whether respondent Loft Board has the authority to deny a tenant’s request to withdraw an application for the legal conversion of a loft from commercial use to residential use pursuant to the Loft Law.
Matter of Endara-Caicedo v. New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
Decision: 2022.02.15 Argument: 2021.01.06 vid. tr. Whether Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1194(2) permits the refusal of a motorist arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to submit to a chemical test to be used against the motorist in administrative license revocation hearings, even if the test is…