Ruddy v. Connelie

These are two CPLR article 78 proceedings brought by petitioners which will be considered in one opinion by this court, in which petitioners seek judgment restraining respondent, Superintendent of the New York State Police, from appointing as State troopers any persons from the eligibility list in existence in any manner other than that prescribed by the Civil Service Law and the Constitutions of the State of New York and the United States, and to remove all persons appointed by respondent in violation of the Civil Service Law and said Constitutions, and directing that new appointments be…