Opinion
Argued May 1, 2000.
June 19, 2000.
In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, in effect, to compel the respondent to provide safe, convenient, and accessible parking to employees of the Nassau County District Court, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Colabella, J.), dated May 18, 1999, which granted the petition.
Richard S. Leffer, Chief Deputy County Attorney, Mineola, N Y (Gerald R. Podlesak of counsel), for appellants.
Solomon Richman Greenburgh, P.C., Lake Success, N.Y. (Robert J. Burzichelli of counsel), for respondent.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 39(3)(a), the County of Nassau is required to provide the same type of facilities to all court employees as it did prior to the State's takeover of the court system on April 1, 1977. The Supreme Court properly concluded that the parking facilities presently provided by the County to employees of the Nassau County District Court fail to meet that mandate (see, Matter of Drew v. Schenectady County, 88 N.Y.2d 242).