Phillip S. McDonald Police Benevolent Ass'n v. City of Rome

This controversy has been submitted on an agreed statement of facts (CPLR 3222).

*61The Board of Estimate and Contract of the City of Borne is composed of the Mayor, the President of the Common Council, both of whom are elected officials, together with the City Engineer, the City Treasurer, and the Corporation Counsel, these three being appointed officials. The board is vested with the power to set municipal salaries. The salaries so set are submitted as items in the budget that may be accepted or rejected on an item basis by the Common Council of the city. By City Charter, the latter is…