Opinion
Argued March 20, 1980
Decided April 22, 1980
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, EDWARD S. CONWAY, J.
Richard N. George for appellant.
Howard J. Read and Peter H. Schiff for respondent.
Bernard Hulkower, Thomas J. Farrelly and Sara Schoenwetter for Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., amicus curiae. David Goldfarb, Michael D. Hampden, John Kirklin and Carol Kellermann for Legal Aid Society of New York, amicus curiae.
Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the opinion by Mr. Justice J. CLARENCE HERLIHY at the Appellate Division ( 66 A.D.2d 509).
Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER. Taking no part: Judge GABRIELLI.