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MATTER OF LONDON v. WAGNER

11 N.Y.2d 762 (1962)

In the Matter of Anna London et al., Appellants, v. Robert F. Wagner, as Mayor of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 22, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. S. Goldsmith, Philip Cohen, Leon London, Hyman I. Luster and William M. Schwartz for appellants.

Leo A. Larkin, Corporation Council (Edith I. Spivack, Edward J. McLaughlin and Russell D. Scott of counsel), for respondents.

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER. Judge FROESSEL dissents in the following opinion:

Order affirmed, with costs.

FROESSEL, J. (dissenting).

I dissent. The majority hold that the subject matter of the bill in mimeographed and printed form was before the councilmen for the full required statutory period. I do not agree.

Section 37 of chapter 2 of the Charter of the City of New York provides: "No local law shall be passed until it shall have been in its final form and upon the desks of the councilmen at least seven calendar...

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