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HARMAN v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 96 CIV. 846 (DLC).

945 F.Supp. 750 (1996)

Rosalie HARMAN and Diane Lampert Stadler, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, The Human Resources Administration, Child Welfare Administration, Marva Hammons, Commissioner, and Kathryn Croft, Executive Deputy Commissioner, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

New York Civil Liberties Union, Jeremiah S. Gutman, Levy, Gutman, Goldberg & Kaplan, New York City, Norman Siegel, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Paul A. Crotty, Andrew A. Jones, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York City, for Defendants.

OPINION

COTE, District Judge:

This case presents the issue of whether a policy of certain New York City agencies restricting the contacts between agency employees and the press is constitutional. The Complaint challenges under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution a policy governing child welfare agencies, which requires that employees refer to the Media Relations Office all contacts with the media regarding agency policies and activities...

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