· 3/17/2022
Matter of Cherrington v. New York City Tr. Auth.
Citations
- 165 N.Y.S.3d 492
- 203 A.D.3d 539
- 2022 NY Slip Op 01874
How courts have described this case
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- holding that Section 99 \strictly prohibits the secret electronic recording ... of any oral communication\
- holding that Section 99 “strictly prohibits the secret electronic recording . . . of any oral communication”
- finding that an individual may be prosecuted under Section 99 for secretly tape recording statements made by police officers during a routine traffic stop
- finding that an individual may be prosecuted under Section 99 for secretly tape recording statements made by police officers during a routine traffic stop
- noting that recording would not have been secret under the statute if “the defendant had simply informed the police of his intention to tape record the encounter, or even held the tape recorder in plain sight” (emphasis added)
- insinuating that state eavesdropping statute would not cover inaudible recordings
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