White Plains CitizeNetReporter - No Delgado-Hockley Decision Today. Maybe Thursday

WPCNR DRIVETIME EDITION, Filed 3:30 PM EST: The law clerk for the New York State Court of Appeals reported this afternoon that there would be no Court of Appeals decisions today, meaning that Glen Hockley and Larry Delgado, will continue to wait in suspense for the State's highest court to resolve the election impasse. Laurene Tacy of the Court of Appeals advised that decisions might come Thursday, but not necessarily the Hockley/Delgado decision. The Court has had the case since February 14.

Obviously, the state's highest seven justices may be wrestling with the case more than they expected. Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, Justices George Bundy Smith, Howard Levine, Carmen Ciparick, Richard Wesley, Albert Rosenblatt, and Victoria Graffeo have been grappling with the historic case since mid-February, when attorneys expected swift resolve of the case.

As 2 PM decision came and went, and no decision was available, the suspense now mounts for Thursday when some decision(s) are promised by the spokesperson for the court, Laurene Tacy.

However, those justices may be having the same trouble that WPCNR "justices" had. In the second-most-responded-to WPCNR Poll, we encountered widespread disagreement among White Plains CitizeNetReporter readers as to how the judges should rule.

A total of 78 votes were cast in the WPCNR Poll, "If You Were on the Court of Appeals How Would You Rule Hockley-Delgado Case?

A total of 29 persons or 37% said they would uphold the original trial court decision calling for an election in District 18 among all 6 council candidates.

While 31 persons or 39.74% said they would declare Glen Hockley the winner, saying the lower courts erred.

Only 8, or 10%, said they would uphold the Appellate Court decision which called for a citywide election between just Hockley and Delgado only.

The final group of 10 said they would define the impact of procedural errors in Case filings (13%). Obviously the more folks thought about this, the more complex the issues surrounding the case became.

Perhaps the justices who actually have to makethe decision have had the same experience.


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