Wright v. Town Board of Ticonderoga

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kane, J.

Petitioner commenced these two CPLR article 78 proceedings seeking to compel respondents to discharge certain allegedly unqualified police officers and certain constables of the Town of Ticonderoga, Essex County, and to cease certifying their salaries. Respondents are the Town Board of the Town of Ticonderoga (hereinafter the Board) and the Director of Personnel and Civil Service of Essex County (hereinafter the Director).

The first proceeding concerned, inter alia, the Board’s action in November 1985 of passing a resolution to advertise a vacancy for the position…