Saratoga County Deputy Sheriff's Police Benevolent Ass'n v. County of Saratoga

—Mugglin, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Williams, J.), entered July 30, 1998 in Saratoga County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, dismissed the petition due to petitioners’ failure to exhaust their administrative remedies.

On October 1, 1995, petitioners T.J. Mahar and W.P. Cook were appointed to the position of Deputy Sheriff/Technical Sergeant with the Saratoga County Sheriffs Department. In August 1997, they were assigned to perform the duties of Deputy Sheriff/Sergeant. Petitioners contend in this Court that since the Sheriff is the person who made their…