People v. Parry

• Decision Date: 01 April 1975
• Citation: 370 N.Y.S.2d 312,82 Misc.2d 21
• Parties: The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Appellant, v. John D. PARRY, Respondent.
• Court: New York Supreme Court

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370 N.Y.S.2d 312

82 Misc.2d 21

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Appellant, v. John D. PARRY, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts.

April 1, 1975.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. (Samuel A. Hirshowitz and David H. Berman, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Gaynor, Glick & Pisani, White Plains (Joseph R. Pisani, White Plains, and Kenneth W. Cohn, Freeport, of counsel), for respondent.

Before HOGAN, P.J., and GLICKMAN and GAGLIARDI, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Order unanimously reversed on the law and facts, complaint reinstated and case remitted for further proceedings.

The People appeal from an order which dismissed the complaint upon the grounds that the rule expressed in sections 150.1(a), (38) and 151.31 of the Rules and Regulations of the East Hudson Parkway Authority was invalid and that its application to defendant would have been unconstitutional. The complaint charged defendant with operating a school bus on a parkway in violation of said rule.

Although it may or may not be desirable to permit school buses or vans such as defendant's on the parkways so that the traveling time of students will be shortened, the decision in this regard must be left to the administrative agency expressly empowered by the Legislature to weigh such public interests (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1630(3)). We do not find the subject rule to be invalid or unconstitutional on its face or in its application to defendant (see People v. Williams, 42 Misc.2d 767, 769, 248 N.Y.S.2d 996, 997--998; People v. Apostle, 30 Misc.2d 55, 58, 59, 214 N.Y.S.2d 101, 104--106).