ROBERT A. STRANIERE, &c., ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. SHELDON SLIVER, AS SPEAKER OF THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, ET AL.,RESPONDENTS.

89 N.Y.2d 825, 675 N.E.2d 1222, 653 N.Y.S.2d 270 (1996).
November 14, 1996

3 No. 249 [1996 NY Int. 216]
Decided November 14, 1996

This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports.

Robert A. Straniere, for Appellants.
Steven Alan Reiss, for Respondents.

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Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Thomas E. Mercure at the Appellate Division (218 AD2d 80). Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Simons, Titone, Bellacosa, Smith, Levine and Ciparick concur.

Decided November 14, 1996

ROBERT A. STRANIERE, &c., ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. SHELDON SLIVER, AS SPEAKER OF THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, ET AL.,RESPONDENTS.

89 N.Y.2d 825, 675 N.E.2d 1222, 653 N.Y.S.2d 270 (1996). November 14, 1996

89 N.Y.2d 825, 675 N.E.2d 1222, 653 N.Y.S.2d 270 (1996).
November 14, 1996