Opinion
May 26, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Nastasi, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to his contention, the plaintiff failed to rebut the defendants' prima facie showing that the defendant County of Westchester abolished his civil service position in a good faith effort to reduce costs and maintain efficiency, and not "as a subterfuge to avoid statutory protection" afforded him pursuant to Civil Service Law § 75 Civ. Serv. ( Matter of Klos v. Town of Babylon, 237 A.D.2d 291). Accordingly, the defendants' motion for summary judgment was properly granted.
O'Brien, J.P., Sullivan, Pizzuto and Krausman, JJ., concur.