Bennetti v. City of New York

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Petitioners, approximately 225 New York City firefighters hired after July 1, 1988, commenced this article 78 proceeding challenging respondents’ implementation of a decision of an impasse panel which had been appointed to settle a collective bargaining dispute between petitioners’ union and the City of New York. Specifically, petitioners argued that since section 15-107 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York established a salary grade structure whereby newly hired firefighters would…