The following excerpt is from Parkhouse v. Stringer, 12 N.Y.3d 660, 912 N.E.2d 48 (N.Y. 2009):
The latter subdivision has not been read as a limitation on the witnesses DOI may subpoena. Matter of Weintraub v. Fraiman, 30 A.D.2d 784, 291 N.Y.S.2d 438 [1st Dept.1968], aff'd. 24 N.Y.2d 918, 301 N.Y.S.2d 983, 249 N.E.2d 762 [1969] holds that "inquisitorial" power "reaches any person, even though unconnected with city employment, when there are grounds present to sustain a belief such person has information relative to the subject matter of the investigation" (30 A.D.2d at 784-785, 291 N.Y.S.2d 438 [citation omitted]). We
[912 N.E.2d 52]
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