Matter of Richard Bullion v. Safir

Full title: In the Matter of RICHARD BULLION, Appellant, v. HOWARD SAFIR et al.…

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Apr 13, 1998

249 A.D.2d 386 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

670 N.Y.S.2d 366

Opinion

April 13, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (LeVine, J.).

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will lie only to compel the performance of a ministerial act, and only when there exists a clear legal right to the relief sought ( see, Matter of Legal Aid Socy. v. Scheinman, 53 N.Y.2d 12, 16). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought ( see, Matter of Walsh v. LaGuardia, 269 N.Y. 437; Matter of Perazzo v. Lindsay, 30 A.D.2d 179, 180, aff'd 23 N.Y.2d 764).

O'Brien, J.P., Ritter, Thompson, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.