Spencer v. City of New York

Appeal by permission of this court from an order of the Appellate Term, affirming a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, in favor of respondent. The action was brought by an employee of the city of New York to recover the equivalent of bonuses paid out of lump-sum appropriations, during his absence on military duty, to similar coemployees then actively engaged in the city’s employ, and for such mandatory increments to his salary as had lawfully accrued during his absence. Order modified by striking therefrom the decretal paragraph and by substituting…