The Court recently accepted one appeal certified by the Second Circuit and another appeal in which leave was granted by the First Department.
In Donohue v. Cuomo, a case certified to the Court of Appeals by the Second Circuit, the Court will consider 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.
In Matter of West 58th Street Coalition v. City of New York, the Court will consider whether the New York City Department of Buildings rationally determined the zoning status of a building in Manhattan sought to be used as an employment shelter for homeless men, and whether competing evidence raised a question of fact necessitating a hearing as to whether the building’s use was consistent with general safety and public welfare.
Posted on 2020-12-15.