SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NEW YORK
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YETTA KURLAND, JO ANNE SIMON, MELGAGARIN AND DAN JACOBY,
Petitioners,
-against-
NEW YORK CITY CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD,Respondent.
Docket No.
ORDER TO SHOW
CAUSE
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Upon the Affirmation of Leo Glickman, Esq., dated December 2, 2008LET Respondent by its attorneys show cause at the Supreme Court of the State ofNew York, New York County, located at
New York, NY, Rm., on the
day of
2008, at 9:30 am or as soon thereafter as
counsel may be heard, WHY an Order granting the following relief should not be
granted:
(a)A Declaratory Judgment pursuant to CPLR §3017(b) stating thatRespondent's Advisory Opinion 2008-7 is in violation of the Campaign FinanceAct and therefore invalid;(b)Issue a permanent injunction enjoining Respondent from exemptingexpenditures made by a candidate in furtherance of a campaign for any municipaloffice from 2006-2008; and(c)any other relief the court deems just and proper.IT IS ORDERED that service by hand delivery of a copy of this Order to Show
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Cause and supporting papers, upon Respondent on or before the
ay of
2008, shall be deemed sufficient.
ENTER:
Justice of the Supreme Courtof the State of New York
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NEW YORK
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YETTA KURLAND, JO ANNE SIMON, MELGAGARIN AND DAN JACOBY
ndex No.
Petitioners,-against-
NEW YORK CITY CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD,
Respondent.
AFFIRMATION IN
SUPPORT OF ORDER TOSHOW CAUSE
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LEO GLICKMAN,
an attorney admitted to practice in the courts of the State of NewYork, hereby affirms the following to be true under the penalties of perjury pursuant to
CPLR § 2106:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
On November 3, 2008, Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed Local Law 51 to extendterm limits for all municipal office holders from two to three terms. The Mayor andsupporting Council members justified the legislation by stating that given the challengingtimes ahead, New Yorkers ought to have a choice to stay with their elected leaders orchoose another if they believed we needed new leadership.1New York City has a campaign finance program which, among other things, isdesigned to "level the playing field" between those with access to large amounts ofcampaign funding and those without. By limiting the amount a participating campaigncan spend on an election, the Program seeks to equalize the impact of money on thecampaign, so that elections are decided on the power of ideas and effective community
1 See e.g. CityRoom,
New York Times,
October 23, 2008.
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