Opinion
September 30, 1991
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Gowan, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The petitioner argues that the Supreme Court should have applied former rule XIV of the Suffolk County Civil Service Rules in this proceeding seeking to compel his reinstatement to his position of Social Welfare Examiner V. However, we agree with the finding of the Supreme Court that the petitioner failed to demonstrate any special facts to trigger the exception to the general rule that a case must be decided in accordance with the law as it exists at the time of the decision (see, Matter of Alscot Investing Corp. v. Incorporated Vil. of Rockville Centre, 64 N.Y.2d 921; Matter of Amdur v. Village of Quogue, 156 A.D.2d 679, 680). Thompson, J.P., Bracken, Rosenblatt and O'Brien, JJ., concur.