Opinion
Argued February 15, 1979
Decided March 29, 1979
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, HAROLD J. HUGHES, J.
Jerome Thier and Martin L. Barr for appellant.
Richard R. Rowley for respondent.
Bernard T. King and James R. La Vaute for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, New York Council 66, AFL-CIO, amicus curiae. Beverly Gross and Linda M. Nelson for Municipal Labor Committee, amicus curiae.
Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the opinion by Mr. Justice J. CLARENCE HERLIHY at the Appellate Division ( 62 A.D.2d 12).
Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG.