Torpey v. Town of Colonie

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Mc-Donough, J.), entered July 6, 2012 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, denied petitioners’ motion to resettle and/or clarify a prior judgment.

In April 2011, petitioners were terminated from their long-term employment with respondent Town of Colonie as fire protection specialist and civil engineer on the ground that they were public officers who were required to but did not meet the residency requirement of the Public Officers Law, relying upon our decision in Matter of Ricket v Mahan (82 AD3d 1565 [2011]).…