City of New York v. Vizzini

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York *834County, entered February 27, 1974, adjudging the Uniformed Firefighters Association in contempt and assessing a fine of $650,000, modified, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, to the extent of reducing the fine to $400,000 and otherwise affirmed, without costs or disbursements. The Uniformed Firefighters Association, the collective bargaining agent for the uniformed fire fighters in New York City, called a strike which began on November 6, 1973 at 8:30 a.m. and lasted five and one-half hours. During that period 338 alarms were sounded and 80 actual…