CATANISE v. TOWN OF FAYETTE


148 A.D.2d 210 (1989)

In the Matter of Richard J. Catanise, Appellant, v. Town of Fayette et al., Respondents

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

July 12, 1989


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. DeFrancisco for appellant.

Kirk & Mount (William Kirk of counsel), for respondents.

BOOMER, J. P., PINE, LAWTON and DAVIS, JJ., concur.


BALIO, J.

Petitioner is a Town Justice of the Town of Fayette in Seneca County. He instituted this CPLR article 78 proceeding to challenge the decision of the Town Board to reduce his annual salary from $5,000 to $3,000 prior to commencement of the third year of a four-year term. His claim that a reduction in salary during his term of office amounted to an unconstitutional encroachment upon the independence...

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