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MATTER OF CAPUTO v. HALPIN

78 N.Y.2d 117 (1991)

In the Matter of Joseph R. Caputo, as Comptroller of the County of Suffolk, Appellant, v. Patrick G. Halpin, as County Executive of the County of Suffolk, et al., Respondents. In the Matter of Edward P. Romaine, as County Clerk of the County of Suffolk, Appellant, v. Patrick G. Halpin, as County Executive of the County of Suffolk, et al., Respondents. In the Matter of James M. Catterson, Jr., as District Attorney of the County of Suffolk, et al., Appellants, v. Patrick G. Halpin, as County Executive of the County of Suffolk, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Bradley Ashare and Theodore D. Sklar for appellants in the first and second above-entitled proceedings.

Martin Bradley Ashare and Theodore D. Sklar for appellants in the third above-entitled proceeding.

E. Thomas Boyle, County Attorney (Emily Pines of counsel), for respondents in the first and second above-entitled proceedings.

E. Thomas Boyle, County Attorney (Emily Pines and Susan M. Connolly of counsel), for respondents in the third above-entitled proceeding.

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

ALEXANDER, J.

The common issue presented for our review in these three cases concerns the Suffolk County Executive's power to impose a hiring freeze during the 1990 fiscal year upon the County Comptroller, the County Clerk and the District Attorney such as to prevent the filling of vacancies in the offices of each of these officials. We conclude that the County Executive...

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