Patrolman's Benevolent Ass'n of Southampton Town, Inc. v. Town of Southampton

*892In a hybrid proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in the nature of mandamus to compel the Town of Southampton and the Southampton Town Police Department to appoint certain police officers as detectives, and action for a judgment declaring, among other things, that the Town of Southampton and the Southampton Town Police Department violated Civil Service Law § 59-a by not appointing certain police officers as detectives, the petitioner/plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Mayer, J.), dated September 21, 2009, which denied the petition and…