Public Employees Federation v. Cuomo

— Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Torraca, J.), entered August 30, 1983 in Albany County, which, inter alia, granted petitioner’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Since petitioner failed to establish the required element of irreparable harm in the absence of a preliminary injunction, that portion of Special Term’s order granting such relief must be reversed. Chapter 414 of the Laws of 1983, enacted June 30,1983, modified many aspects of the retirement plan of public employees who entered State service on or after July 1, 1976 (commonly known as the Tier III…