Liebowitz v. Goldwater

The issues presented by the return to the alternative order of mandamus heretofore granted have been submitted to the court for decision upon an agreed statement of facts.

*212The application for the mandamus order was granted by this court (161 Misc. 115). Petitioner had been suspended on May 1, 1934, for reasons of economy, from the competitive position of architectural draftsman, grade 4, and his name placed on a preferred list in accordance with the provisions of section 31 of the Civil Service Law. In the spring of 1936 the Legislature added section 31-b to the Civil Service Law (Laws of…