Case Name: In the Matter of Hull-Hazard, Inc., et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. Lillian Roberts, as Commissioner of Labor of the State of New York, Appellant-Respondent, and Upstate New York Council of Operating Engineers, Intervenor-Appellant-Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-07-12
Citations: 72 N.Y.2d 900
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Hull-Hazard, Inc., et al., Respondents-Appellants, v Lillian Roberts, as Commissioner of Labor of the State of New York, Appellant-Respondent, and Upstate New York Council of Operating Engineers, Intervenor-Appellant-Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 900–906

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Hull-Hazard, Inc., et al., Respondents-Appellants, v Lillian Roberts, as Commissioner of Labor of the State of New York, Appellant-Respondent, and Upstate New York Council of Operating Engineers, Intervenor-Appellant-Respondent.
Argued June 2, 1988;
decided July 12, 1988
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Jane Lauer Barker, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for appellant-respondent.
LaVerne F. O’Dell for respondents-appellants.
Donald D. Oliver for intervenor-appellant-respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Judgment affirmed, without costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Presiding Justice A. Franklin Mahoney at the Appellate Division (129 AD2d 348). We find especially persuasive the absence of any language in Labor Law § 220-b (3) (b) authorizing the extension of liability for penalties and possible debarment to successor corporations (cf., Public Authorities Law § 2601, 2602; General Municipal Law § 103-a, 103-b; State Finance Law § 139-a, 139-b).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa. Judge Alexander concurs in part and dissents in part and votes to modify in an opinion.