PROP. CLERK v. APONTE


141 Misc.2d 129 (1988)

Property Clerk, New York City Police Department, Petitioner, v. Joseph Aponte, Respondent.

Supreme Court, New York County.

September 28, 1988


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Goldman for petitioner. Steven J. Claikin for respondent.


EDWARD H. LEHNER, J.

The principal issue in this case is what nexus must exist between property seized "as a means of committing crime or employed in aid or furtherance of crime" and the crime it allegedly aided in order to subject the property to forfeiture pursuant to section 14-140 (b) of the Administrative Code of the City of New York.

FACTS

This is a special proceeding to declare a forfeiture of respondent's 1987 Volkswagen which...

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