May 27, 1994 Appeal from the Supreme Court, Erie County, Whelan, J. Present — Green, J.P., Pine, Balio, Fallon and Doerr, JJ. Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs and matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: Petitioner was employed in the competitive civil service position of Manager of Information Processing for respondent Erie 1 BOCES Board of Education (BOCES). At its Board meeting on September
No. CA 10-01291. February 18, 2011. Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John E O'Donnell, J.), entered February 5, 2010 in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78. The judgment, inter alia, granted the petition and annulled the abolition of the positions of Director of Emergency Planning for the Buffalo City School District and Stenographic Secretary to the Superintendent. DAVID RODRIGUEZ, ACTING CORPORATION COUNSEL, BUFFALO (DAVID M. LEE OF COUNSEL), FOR
January 31, 1994 Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Rohl, J.). Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs. It is well settled that a public employer may abolish civil service positions for purposes of economy or efficiency (see, Matter of Aldazabal v. Carey, 44 N.Y.2d 787). A position may not, however, be abolished as a subterfuge to avoid the statutory protection afforded to civil servants before they are discharged (see, Wood v. City of New York, 274 N.Y. 155). One who challenges
Argued January 7, 1976 Decided March 25, 1976 Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, WALTER J. MAHONEY, J. Leslie G. Foschio, Corporation Counsel (Anthony C. Vaccaro of counsel), for appellant. Martin L. Barr and Jerome Thier for respondent. Richard Lipsitz, Thomas P. McMahon, Eugene W. Salisbury and Lawrence A. Schulz for intervenors-respondents. JONES J. We hold that judicial review, if any be desired, of the remedial provisions of an order issued
October 7, 1991 Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Collins, J.). Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs. Administrative determinations concerning classification of positions are subject to limited judicial review and will not be disturbed in the absence of a showing that they are wholly arbitrary or without any rational basis (see, Cove v. Sise, 71 N.Y.2d 910, 912; Matter of Dillon v. Nassau County Civ. Serv. Commn., 43 N.Y.2d 574, 580). Here, the County explained that due to