10 NY3d 457 (2008). 889 NE2d 459. 859 NYS2d 582. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DANIEL SPARBER, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROBERT THOMAS, Appellant. ...
... judge. Therefore, the harm suffered here by petitioner is sufficiently grave—it has
a "substantial" effect on him and "implicate[s] the public interest" in ensuring the
regularity of sentencing (see Pirro, 89 NY2d at 359). Petitioner ...
... Despite the numerous causes of action explicitly made available to the Attorney General, the
four nonstatutory claims that are the subject of this appeal rest on an assertion of parens patriae
authority to vindicate the public's interest in an honest marketplace. ...