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COOK v. CITY OF BINGHAMTON

48 N.Y.2d 323 (1979)

Frederick W. Cook et al., Appellants, v. City of Binghamton et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 15, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Relihan, Jr., for appellants.

John W. Park, Corporation Counsel (Kenneth Auerbach of counsel), for City of Binghamton, respondent.

Kenneth P. Helisek, Village Attorney, for Village of Johnson City, respondent.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Lew A. Millenbach and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for State respondents.

Rodney A. Richards for Village of Endicott, respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.

WACHTLER, J.

The issue on this appeal is whether chapter 965 of the Laws of 1977 which diminished the statutory disability benefits for regularly employed firemen worked an impairment of rights guaranteed by the contract clause of the Federal Constitution, or by section 7 of article V of the State Constitution. The Appellate Division found that it did not.

The plaintiffs are paid firemen of the City of...

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