Babor v. Nassau County Civil Service Commission

The petitioners were employed as public health administrators by the Nassau County Department of Health (hereinafter the Department). In late 1991, the Nassau County Board of Supervisors adopted a budget which reduced the Department’s 1992 appropriation to a figure more than 20% below its appropriation for 1991. As a result, the Commissioner of the Department abolished the position of public health administrator, and the petitioners were laid off.

The petitioners commenced this proceeding in' 1992 and they alleged that the Nassau County Civil Service Commission and the County of Nassau…