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McKECHNIE v. ORTIZ

72 N.Y.2d 969 (1988)

William McKechnie, as President of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of the New York City Transit Police Department, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Juan U. Ortiz, as Personnel Director of the City of New York, et al., Defendants. James J. Boyle, as President of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, et al., Intervenors-Appellants, v. Juan U. Ortiz, as Personnel Director of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Gill Miller and Michael N. Block for appellants.

Peter L. Zimroth, Corporation Counsel (Kristin M. Helmers and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

This declaratory judgment action has its genesis in the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis. In an effort to mitigate its financial woes, the City laid off large numbers of employees, including nearly 6,000 members of its uniformed services, many of whom were rehired over the next five years, as the City's finances improved. In 1982, the...

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