The Appellate Division, First Department, has recalled its decision allowing New York City to end union-mandated “release time” for police officers involved in a ticket-fixing scheme after attorneys for the police union invoked a little-known provision in a court rule on cases heard by four-judge panels.
The panel originally assigned to the police union case, Patrolmen’s Benevolent Assn. v. City of New York, 113039/11, consisted of Justices Richard Andrias (See Profile), Leland DeGrasse (See Profile), Judith Gische (See Profile), Peter Tom (See Profile) and Dianne Renwick (See Profile). Renwick recused herself. She is married to Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson.
