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Salzman v. Impellitteri

113 N.E.2d 543, 305 N.Y. 414
CourtNew York Court of Appeals
DecidedJune 5, 1953
StatusPublished
Cited by19 cases

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Salzman v. Impellitteri, 113 N.E.2d 543, 305 N.Y. 414 (N.Y. 1953).

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Per Curiam.

This is a taxpayer’s action to enjoin the City of New York from entering into any kind of agreement with the New York City Transit Authority pursuant to chapters 200-208 of the Laws of 1953, and for a declaratory judgment determining that no transaction which those statutes purport to authorize can be executed due to their alleged unconstitutionality. The action was begun before any lease or other form of agreement had been made between the city and the Transit Authority respecting the subways; indeed, before the members of the Authority had been appointed.

The statutes in question are permissive only, in a field in which the State is concerned. Under these circumstances, and assuming that any transfer will not be by absolute conveyance, but by a lease of limited term with reversion to the city, we cannot say that the legislation is on its face unconstitutional. Whether it would be constitutional without those concomitants need not now be decided. Arguments addressed to policy are not within our province. Whether the statutes will be constitutionally applied, or whether other constitutional questions, not now foreseeable, will arise, we cannot know in advance. Such problems, if any, must be dealt with when presented.

The judgment should be modified in accordance with this opinion and, as so modified, affirmed, without costs.

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