O'Brien v. McNamara

This is an application for an order to review the determination of the municipal civil service commission in refusing to accept petitioner’s claim for a veteran’s preference and for failure to prefer his name on the list for patrolman in the police department of the City of New York. Petitioner alleges that he is entitled to such preference by reason of his being in the United States Maritime Service from November, 1942, to November, 1944.

Section 6 of article Y of the Constitution of the State of New York, as amended and approved, provides for such preference to the members of the armed…