General Building Contractors of New York State, Inc. v. City of Syracuse

Memorandum.

We agree with the Appellate Division that the bid specifications here violate sections 101 and 103 of the General Municipal Law. General Building Contractors of New York, Inc. and the City of Syracuse are, however, the only parties now before us. Because of nonjoinder of necessary parties (Matter of Crisione Bros. v. Solowinski, 276 App. Div. 970; see Matter of Consolidated Sheet Metal Works v. Board of Educ., 62 Misc 2d 445, 449; Matter of Wiliom Coach Co. v. Centred High School Dist., 36 Misc 2d 637, 638), we cannot make any adjudication as to the validity of the existing…