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- June
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A few notable cases out of today’s decisions handed down by N.Y.’s higest court, the Court of Appeals:
1. It upheld a decision by former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi to nullify a $46 million Thruway contract with Worth Construction, Connecticut-based firm, because of its alleged ties with organized crime. The contract was for building an interchange between Interstates 84 and 87 in Newburgh.2. For the second time in 8 months, it ruled that former Gov. George Pataki erred when he invoked a provision in the state’s mental hygiene law to keep sex offenders locked up even after they’ve completed their criminal sentences. However, in the interim, Gov. Spitzer and lawmakers have enacted a law that provides for so-called “civil confinement.’’
3. It through out the conviction of a Binghamton-area Boy Scout leader accused of “forcibly touching’’ a teenage boy he had taken into his home. Essentially, the court said the local DA had used such a broad, vague time range to describe the alleged acts that it undermined Stephen Sedlock’s ability to present a defense.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
