Matter of Madden v. Reavy

The petitioners-respondents, twenty-five in number, comprising the clerical, maintenance and cafeteria employees of Union Free School District No. 1 of the town of Eastchester, in Westchester county, desire to have extended to their positions the benefits of the State Civil Service Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 7). Having met with delay in their efforts through official State agencies to accomplish that end they have instituted the present proceeding, under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, by which an order is sought directing the appellant Civil Service Commission to take such action as may be…