Sedita v. Kissinger

*358OPINION OF THE COURT

O’Connor, J.

In the long ago, Gilbert & Sullivan properly put to music the sad lament: "Ah, take one consideration with another—A policeman’s lot is not a happy one!”1

To confirm the challenged determination would, by any standard, not only make that lot more unhappy but would do violence to both logic and law.

What does the record show? In the fall of 1975, a long and drawn out strike by members of Local 1199, employees of the Woodland Nursing Home in New Rochelle, became increasingly violent. Extensive damage was done to automobiles and other property in the vicinity…