Matter of Pilla v. Karnsomtob

In a hybrid proceeding, in effect, pursuant to Election Law article 16 to invalidate petitions to hold a permissive referendum, and action for declaratory relief, the petitioners/plaintiffs appeal from so much of a final order/judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Murphy, J.), entered August 22, 2016, as denied that branch of their petition/complaint which was for a judgment declaring that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Port Chester’s act of eliminating all of the paid firefighter positions of the Port Chester Fire Department is not subject to a permissive referendum…