Laurence v. Gaffney

The limitation on the power of this court to review this determination is made clear by a long line of decisions, of which three are recent ones — Matter of Weber v. Town of Cheektowaga (284 N. Y. 377), Matter of Miller v. Kling (291 N. Y. 65) and Matter of Cole v. Lybolt (296 N. Y. 659). Still a civil service employee, who is a veteran, has the statutory right to have reviewed, in the courts, a hearing, on charges, resulting in an adverse determination. Unless, then, the construction placed upon the power of review authorizing, only, an examination of the record to see if the determination…