Zigarelli v. New York State Police

Main, J. P.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Superintendent of State Police which denied petitioner’s application to transfer to the State Police from the Long Island State Park Police.

Effective January 1, 1980, legislation transferred the responsibility for policing certain State highways which had been under the jurisdiction of the Office of Parks and Recreation to the State Police (L 1979, ch 276, § 1). Under the same legislation, employees of the…