MATTER OF LAWSON v. LEVITT


211 A.D.2d 587 (1995)

621 N.Y.S.2d 613

In the Matter of John Lawson et al., Appellants, v. Judith Levitt et al., Respondents

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

January 31, 1995


The New York State Constitution provides that civil service appointments "shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, as far as practicable, by examination which, as far as practicable, shall be competitive". (NY Const, art V, § 6.) The Civil Service Commission is vested with wide latitude and discretion in deciding the competitiveness of a given examination and in correcting errors in a reasonable manner. (Matter of Allport v City of Lockport...

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