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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms v New York State Senate, 98 AD3d 285 [4th Dept 2012], lv denied 19 NY3d 814 [2012].
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- ↑ Matter of Irwin v Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency, 72 AD3d 314 [4th Dept 2010].
- ↑ Matter of State of New York v Campany, 77 AD3d 92 [4th Dept 2010], lv denied 15 NY3d 713 [2010].
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- 1 2 People v Otis Boone (30 NY3d 521 [2017]).
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