the adoption of the revised charter survived (cf. Matter of Nolan v. Bureau of Assessors of N.Y. City Finance Admin., 31 N.Y.2d 90, 94). It is unnecessary to decide whether the right to levy assessments continued for previously authorized improvements despite the intervention of the revised charter (cf. Matter of Mayor, etc. of N.Y. City, 40 App. Div., 452, 455-456, affd. 161 N.Y. 622; Matter of City of New York [ Great Eastern Waterfront Corp.] 258 App. Div. 808). The fact is that the revised charter was amended to allow expressly the continuation of the former process of local assessments already authorized. Even though the revised charter did not go into operation until January 1, 1963, it was upon approval by the voters a law then in existence, subject to amendment, as would be any other law, by the city government; and the amendment, in company with the other provisions of the revised charter, became operative on January 1, 1963 (cf. Matter of Hehl v. Gross, 35 A.D.2d 570, affd. 30 N.Y.2d 828). Hence, the action of the Board of Assessors pursuant to the procedure of the charter in effect prior to the revision was valid. [ 73 Misc.2d 50.]
Merely because the local law would not be filed and therefore technically effective until after election, did not negate the operative effect of this law for those legislators. Although there is little in the way of applicable case law on this question, a case in point is Matter of Hehl v Gross ( 35 A.D.2d 570, affd 30 N.Y.2d 828). Matter of Hehl v Gross (supra) involved a local referendum which extended civil service protection to county employees.