Opinion
Argued October 12, 1988
Decided November 17, 1988
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, Edward S. Conway, J.
Paul J. Laudato for appellants.
Gerard John De Wolf and Bernard F. Ashe for respondents.
Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Howard A. Levine at the Appellate Division ( 135 A.D.2d 150; see also, Matter of Town of Haverstraw [Rockland County Patrolmen's Benevolent Assn.], 65 N.Y.2d 677; Rochester City School Dist. v Rochester Teachers' Assn., 41 N.Y.2d 578).
Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA.