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Matter of Dahlem v. Leonard

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 2, 1976
51 A.D.2d 723 (N.Y. App. Div. 1976)

Opinion

February 2, 1976


In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia to prohibit respondents from reducing, on a one-time basis only, the eligibility requirements for a civil service examination for the position of police sergeant from four years' service to two years' service, petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated May 20, 1975, which dismissed the petition on the merits. Judgment affirmed, with $50 costs and disbursements. The need to create a larger pool of potential applicants because of the change from an annual to a biennial police sergeant's examination was ample reason for the determination of the respondent Nassau County Civil Service Commission which permits police officers with only two years' service to take the examination. A further impelling factor is that, if successful in passing the examination, no police officer with less than four years' experience is to be certified to an eligible list for sergeant until he shall have completed four years of service. Accordingly, the judgment appealed from should be affirmed (see Matter of Cave v Krone, 51 Misc.2d 1035, 1038; Matter of Jacob v Schechter, 22 Misc.2d 549, 550). Martuscello, Acting P.J., Cohalan, Margett, Damiami and Rabin, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Dahlem v. Leonard

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 2, 1976
51 A.D.2d 723 (N.Y. App. Div. 1976)
Case details for

Matter of Dahlem v. Leonard

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of WALTER DAHLEM, Appellant, v. ADELE LEONARD, as Executive…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Feb 2, 1976

Citations

51 A.D.2d 723 (N.Y. App. Div. 1976)

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