New York Adult Entertainment: NY Lt. Gov. battle back in state appeals court
An appeals court says it will rule shortly whether Richard Ravitch can still serve as New Yorks lieutenant governor during a legal fight over his appointment.
A hearing was held Thursday in Brooklyn on state Senate Republicans challenge to the appointment.
Democratic Gov. David Paterson tapped Ravitch earlier this month to break up a monthlong partisan power struggle in the Senate.
Republicans say the appointment violates the state constitution.
Patersons lawyers have said the state Public Officers Law allows him to fill some vacant posts until the next election.
New York has not had a lieutenant governor since Paterson took office. He became governor last year after Eliot Spitzer resigned in a prostitution scandal.