Judge rejects Adams’ bid to have migrant lawsuit against suburbs heard in Manhattan

[Kamaji]

Judge rejects Mayor Adams’ bid to have migrant lawsuit against suburbs heard in Manhattan

By Carl Campanile and Patrick Reilly
July 20, 2023

A New York State Supreme Court judge denied Mayor Eric Adams’ request to prevent a change of venue for the lawsuit the city filed against suburban counties who imposed emergency orders blocking the bus of migrants to their turf.

Manhattan judge Lyle E.  Frank ruled on Thursday the cases have to be heard in the impacted jurisdictions —  the counties outside New York City, or, in this particular case, Suffolk County.

Adams’ administration filed a lawsuit against the Long Island city of Riverhead in Suffolk County, following an executive order halting shipments of migrants from New York City earlier this year.

Riverhead requested that the case be heard in Suffolk County, which New York City opposed, requesting the case instead remain in Manhattan, citing “judicial economy” and its repeated claims “that the material events giving rise to the instant litigation occurred and are occurring in New York County,” according to court documents.

“The Court does not find the City’s arguments persuasive,” Frank wrote.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/20/judge-rejects-mayor-adams-bid-to-have-migrant-lawsuit-against-suburban-counties-heard-in-manhattan/

[Kamaji]

One positive result, albeit a slim one.

[PeteS in CA]

Judge-shopping and attempt to increase the counties' costs to defend themselves fails.