GOTBAUM v. SUGARMAN


78 Misc.2d 827 (1974)

Victor Gotbaum, as Executive Director of District Council 37, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, et al., Petitioners, v. Jule Sugarman, as Human Rights Administrator of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

July 31, 1974


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Topol for petitioners. Norman Redlich, Corporation Counsel (Joseph Bruno of counsel), for respondents. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Constance B. Margolin of counsel), for State of New York.


EDWARD J. GREENFIELD, J.

Some of the most difficult problems which are presented for judicial resolution involve a head-on collision of two socially desirable but conflicting objectives. In this case such a problem is presented by the conflict between constitutional provisions for a merit system of civil service employment, and the desire to set up a humane and enlightened welfare and relief system to provide...

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