Hightower v. New York State Division for Youth

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Torraca, J.), entered March 20, 1992 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Division for Youth concerning the reassignment and classification of petitioner’s duties as Warrant Coordinator.

As the result of a 1988 reorganization within respondent New York State Division for Youth (hereinafter DFY), in March 1988 petitioner, a DFY employee who held the title of Senior Youth Division Counselor, was assigned to the position of supervisor of the AWOL…