Nearly a year after state lawmakers in New York decided to create a special panel to review allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and all but one party leader in the Legislature have agreed to halt its creation pending the outcome of a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality.

Court papers obtained by the New York Law Journal show that Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Senate Republican Leader John Flanagan, and Assembly Republican Leader Brian Kolb have agreed not to defend the law in court and will halt the creation of a watchdog until the litigation is resolved.

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