MATTER OF HOUGHTON v. SCHULER


61 A.D.2d 1104 (1978)

In the Matter of Peter Houghton et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. Raymond T. Schuler, as Commissioner of Transportation, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

March 30, 1978


The petition was brought by holders of permanent competitive positions in the classified civil service within the State Department of Transportation who had been dismissed or demoted because of a reduction in the department's budget. The petitioners allege that the dismissals and demotions were the result of the department's policy of contracting out to private firms the work previously done by them. They further allege that such policy violates their constitutional and statutory...

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