ROSENTHAL v. CITY OF NY


2 Misc.3d 451 (2003)

773 N.Y.S.2d 505

MARK ROSENTHAL, as President of Local 983 of District Council 37, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, et al., Petitioners, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, New York County.

November 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennedy, Schwartz & Cure, P.C., New York City (Stuart Lichten of counsel), for Mark Rosenthal, petitioner.

Mary J. O'Connell, New York City, for District Council 37, petitioner.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York City (Bruce Rosenbaum of counsel), for respondents.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MICHAEL D. STALLMAN, J.

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding, union leaders seek declaratory and injunctive relief relating to the Work Experience Program (WEP) in the Parks Department. Petitioners claim that the City violated antidisplacement provisions of the State's Welfare Reform Act of 1997, by using recipients of public assistance assigned to the City's Work Experience Program to do the work of civil service employees.

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