Peirez v. Caso

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, to compel the respondent Nassau County officers "to call in and/or establish a schedule for the retirement” of a debt due, petitioners appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered April 12, 1979, which, inter alia, dismissed the petition. Judgment affirmed, without costs or disbursements. An article 78 proceeding in the nature of mandamus does not lie unless the act sought to be compelled is ministerial, nondiscretionary and nonjudgmental, and is premised upon specific statutory authority mandating performance in…