Rosenblatt v. Newman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Effective April 1, 1977, the State assumed responsibility for the cost of operating the Unified Court System (Judiciary Law § 220, as added by L 1976, ch 966, § 2). Those nonjudicial court employees formerly paid by local governments thereafter became employees of the State. Transfer of those employees to *119the State payroll was accomplished by the Uniform Court Budget Act of 1976, now codified as Judiciary Law § 39. That statute contains transitional provisions aimed at preserving the rights of locally paid employees upon their transfer to the State…