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Before: Peters, J.P., Spain, Rose, Kavanagh and Egan Jr., JJ.
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Egan Jr., J.
1
While this agreement had expired, by operation of law,
it remained in effect until such time as a new agreement was
entered into (see Civil Service Law § 209-a [1] [e]).
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2
Respondents, in their reply brief, have conceded that
Supreme Court has subject matter jurisdiction.
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Simply put, Civil Rights Law § 50-a neither speaks of, nor
was intended to, prohibit public police disciplinary hearings.
Whether these hearings should be conducted in public or private –
and there are persuasive arguments both ways – is a policy
decision for the Legislature, not the courts, to make (see People
v Boothe, 16 NY3d 195, 198 [2011]; People v Finnegan, 85 NY2d 53,
58 [1995], cert denied 516 US 919 [1995]; Bright Homes v Wright,
8 NY2d at 162; People v Olah, 300 NY at 102; People v Reynolds,
307 AD2d 391, 392 [2003], lv denied 1 NY3d 578 [2003]).
ENTER:
Robert D. Mayberger
Clerk of the Court