Summary
In Hunter v City of New York (44 N.Y.2d 708), the Court of Appeals declared unconstitutional that portion of Local Laws, 1975, No. 1 of the City of New York, which afforded the public an unfettered right of inspection with respect to financial disclosure statements filed by covered employees.
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Argued January 12, 1978
Decided March 29, 1978
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, OLIVER C. SUTTON, J.
Murray A. Gordon and Kenneth E. Gordon for appellants-respondents.
W. Bernard Richland, Corporation Counsel (Alfred Weinstein, L. Kevin Sheridan and Rosemary Carroll of counsel), for respondents-appellants.
Order affirmed, without costs, on the opinion of Mr. Justice HAROLD BIRNS at the Appellate Division ( 58 A.D.2d 136).
Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE.