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MATTER OF SHPRITZER v. LANG

32 Misc.2d 693 (1961)

In the Matter of Felicia Shpritzer, on Behalf of Herself and Others Similarly Situated, Petitioner, v. Theodore H. Lang, as Personnel Director of the Department of Personnel of the City of New York, and as Chairman of the Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

December 8, 1961

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Goffen and Abraham Zemlock for petitioner. Leo A. Larkin, Corporation Council (Louis Napolitano of counsel), for respondents.

JACOB MARKOWITZ, J.

The controlling question posed by this article 78 proceeding is whether subdivision d of section 434a-2.0 of the Administrative Code of New York City, which provides that there shall only be one rank of policewoman within the Police Department, is an unconstitutional abridgment of the rights of women.

The petitioner, after competitive examination, was appointed as a policewoman in...

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