Public Defender meetings violate the State Open meeting law
This just in from a Monroe County Legislative Democratic caucus Press Release. We will be looking for links and additional detail later.
Rochester, New York – March 9, 2008. A recent opinion rendered by the New York State Committee on Open Government concluded that the closed-door approach in the process of selecting the county’s next public defender did in fact violate open meetings law, a position long held by community groups and Democratic legislators alike.
So the open meeting law was violated. Now what? The selection process gets a do over? Most unlikely.
not a shock here. Can this be used to rescind the vote? As I recall the remedy for a violation of the open meting law can be at least the nullification of any action taken in that meeting. Am I correct?
So what is the process for the levy of the charge? Is it fineable? Can the vote be retracted? Can Maggie be replaced?