MATTER OF AZZATO v. SUFFOLK COUNTY LEGISLATURE


35 N.Y.2d 941 (1974)

In the Matter of J. Azzato et al., Appellants, v. Suffolk County Legislature et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Fagelson, Libby R. Adelman and Ira M. Hariton for appellants.

George W. Percy, Jr., County Attorney (Stanley S. Corwin of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, RABIN and STEVENS concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. Nothing in the State Constitution prohibits a municipality from reducing an employee's compensation (cf. N. Y. Const., art. XIII, § 7). The statutory protection afforded by section 121 (subd. 2, par. [a]) of the Civil Service Law, relied on by petitioners, is expressly limited to classification or reclassification of any position, or to allocation or...

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