Uniform Firefighters v. City of Cohoes

*728OPINION OF THE COURT

Harold J. Hughes, J.

Petitioners, “nonworking firefighters” who have been out of work for extended periods while receiving their salaries pursuant to General Municipal Law § 207-a, challenge respondent City of Cohoes’ (Cohoes) order that they return to “light-duty work” pursuant to General Municipal Law § 207-a (3). Although all petitioners were examined by a physician and found fit to return to “full work” or “light-duty work”, and individual petitioners admit spending their time golfing “15 or 16 holes”, driving to and from Florida, cooking, ironing, cleaning laundry and…