Patterson v. Diamond

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael Stallman, J.), entered June 27, 2000, which, in a CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a civil service examination, granted respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioners are lieutenants with the New York City Fire Department who failed examination number 6518 for promotion to captain. Included in the 100-question multiple choice examination were 12 questions dealing with certified first response defibrillators (CFR-Ds). Petitioners allege that because they did not receive Fire Department…