Roth v. Cuevas

In the Matter of Allen H. Roth v. Carlos Cuevas

Roth v. Cuevas, 197 A.D.2d 369 (1993)

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · State Appellate Courts
Decided: October 6, 1993
Judges: Wallach
Citations: 197 A.D.2d 369603 N.Y.S.2d 736

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Opinion of the Court

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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Evans, J.), entered September 27, 1993, affirmed, without costs. Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Kupferman and Nardelli, JJ.

Dissent — Wallach

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Wallach, J.,

dissents in a memorandum as follows: I would reverse the judgment appealed from in this Election Law special proceeding brought pursuant to sections 16-100 and 16-116 of the Election Law by which respondents have been ordered to place on the ballot for the general election scheduled to be held on November 2, 1993, an initiative seeking to add to the New York City Charter a provision establishing limits of two consecutive terms only for the offices of the Mayor, the Comptroller, the Public Advocate, the Borough Presidents, and New York City Councilmembers.

I am unpersuaded that simply because the City Charter provides fixed terms for the specified public officeholders, a proposal so sweeping as this can be regarded as an "amendment” within the limitations of Municipal Home Rule Law § 37. In similar cases the rejection of proposed Charter amendments has been sustained by the courts (Matter of Sinawski v Cuevas, 133 Misc 2d 72 , affd 123 AD2d 548 , lv denied 68 NY2d 609 ; Matter of Adams v Cuevas, 133 Misc 2d 63 , affd 123 AD2d 526 , affd 68 NY2d 188 ; Matter of Fossella v Dinkins, 66 NY2d 162 ).

A term of office is one thing; a disqualification from office based solely on prior service is quite another level of legisla *370 tion, for which a voter petition initiative is not authorized by law.

Application for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals is granted, and this Court, pursuant to CPLR 5713, states that questions of law have arisen which ought to be reviewed by the Court of Appeals.

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Hoerger v. Spota109 A.D.3d 564 (2013)
Schrader v. Cuevas179 Misc. 2d 11 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1998)
Holbrook v. Rockland County260 A.D.2d 437 (1999)
Golden v. New York City Council196 Misc. 2d 276 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2003)
Walsh v. Katz66 A.D.3d 1052 (2009)
Dear v. Board of Elections307 A.D.2d 1006 (2003)

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Hoerger v. Spota109 A.D.3d 564 (2013)
Walsh v. Katz66 A.D.3d 1052 (2009)
Dear v. Board of Elections307 A.D.2d 1006 (2003)
Golden v. New York City Council196 Misc. 2d 276 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2003)
Holbrook v. Rockland County260 A.D.2d 437 (1999)
Schrader v. Cuevas179 Misc. 2d 11 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1998)

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Depth	Case	Cited by
	Fossella v. Dinkins, 485 N.E.2d 1017 (N.Y. 1985)	43
	Adams v. Cuevas, 499 N.E.2d 1246 (N.Y. 1986)	8
	Sinawski v. Cuevas, 123 A.D.2d 548 (1986)	8
	Sinawski v. Cuevas, 133 Misc. 2d 72 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1986)	5
	Adams v. Cuevas, 133 Misc. 2d 63 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1986)	3

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