SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKAPPELLATE DIVISION SECOND DEPARTMENTDEAN G. SKELOS and PEDRO ESPADA, JR., as duly

elected members of the New York State Senate,Plaintiffs-Respondents,

DAVID PATERSON, as Governor of the State of NewYork, and RICHARD RAVITCH, asLieutenant Governor of the State of New York, and

LORRAINE CORTES-VAZQUEZ, as Secretary of

the State of New York,Defendants-Appellants.

AFFIRMATION OF

FAITH E. GAY

Nassau Co. Sup. Ct.Index No. 13426/09

Hon. William R. Lamarca

FAITH E. GAY,

an attorney duly admitted to the practice of law in the State of New

York affirms as follows under the penalty of perjury:

1. Your affiant is a member of the law firm of Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver

& Hedges, LLP, attorney for the Defendants-Appellants (hereinafter "Appellants") and assuch is fully familiar with the facts and circumstances stated herein. I make this affirmation

in support of Appellants' application for a stay pursuant to CPLR 5518 and CPLR 5519(c) of

the Order of the Court below, which order granted a Preliminary Injunction in the instant

action, or, in the further alternative, denying the instant motion as academic on the ground

that the Order is automatically automatic stayed pursuant to CPLR 5519(a); and that

Appellants' application for an expedited appeal be granted and that this Appeal be heard onan expedited basis and that the appeal be assigned to the Active Case Management Program

and that a Scheduling Order be issued, and together with such other and further relief as the

Court deems just and appropriate.

Attached as

Exhibit A

is a copy of Respondents' Verified Complaint in the

instant action. No Answer has been served in the within action, and the time do so has not

expired, although the Respondents have filed papers opposing the requested Preliminary

Injunction and moving to dismiss the verified complaint in the Court below.3.

In the evening of July 8, 2009, Governor Paterson appointed Richard Ravitch

as Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York. Mr. Ravitch is a citizen of the United

States over 30 years of age, who has been a resident of the State of New York for more than

five (5) years. Accordingly, Mr. Ravitch is qualified to serve as Lieutenant Governor under

Article 4, Section 2 of the Constitution.4.

Mr. Ravitch signed an oath of office as Lieutenant Governor on the evening ofJuly 8, 2009.

5.A copy of the order appealed from is attached as

Exhibit B.

A copy of the notice of appeal served on Plaintiffs-Respondents is attached as

Exhibit C.

A copy of Defendant-Appellants memorandum of law in support of their cross-motion to dismiss the Verified Complaint is attached as

Exhibit D.

A copy of Defendant-Appellants' r eply brief in support of their motion to

dismiss the Verified Complaint is attached as

Exhibit

The Order granted a preliminary injunction enjoining Lieutenant Governor

Ravitch "from exercising any of the powers of the office of Lieutenant-Governor of the State

of New York." This Order was entered without authority in contravention of the plain

language of CPLR 6311 that "[a] preliminary injunction to restrain a public officer, board or

municipal corporation of the state from performing a statutory duty may be granted only bythe supreme court at a term in the department in which the officer or board is located or in

which the duty is required to be performed."10.

The Order was also granted to plaintiffs who lacked standing to pursue the

relief; was moot; was sought in an improper venue; and was granted without a proper

showing that Plaintiffs-Respondents were likely to succeed on the merits, would suffer any

immediate and irreparable harm absent an injunction, or that the balance of the equities lay in

favor of an injunction;11.

It is respectfully submitted that the Order below is erroneous as a clear matter

of law, and should be stayed pending appeal in light of the public need to settle the authority

of the Lieutenant Governor to act.12.No prior application for the relief requested herein has been made.13.

WHEREFORE, Appellants respectfully request this Court enter an Orderstaying the order appealed below pursuant to CPLR 5518 and CPLR 5519(c); or in the

alternative, that this court deny the instant motion as academic on the grounds that

Appellants are entitled to a statutory stay pursuant to CPLR 5519(a), and that pending the

hearing and determination of the within appeal that the order appealed below is hereby

stayed, and further on the appeal from the order below, and that the appeal in this matter beheard in an expedited basis and that the appeal be assigned to the Active Case Management