Buffalo Police Benevolent Ass'n v. Makowski

Judgment unanimously affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: In this article 78 proceeding petitioners appeal from a trial term judgment which dismissed their petition seeking to prohibit and enjoin respondents from abolishing the permanent civil service position of desk lieutenant in the table of organization of the Police Department of the City *733of Buffalo. The Common Council of the City of Buffalo, with the approval of the Mayor, adopted a salary ordinance for the 1976-1977 fiscal year which did not provide funds for the position of desk lieutenant and thus abolished that position. As a direct…