Matter of Heaney v. McGoldrick

Lehman, Ch. J;

The petitioner, Thomas A. Heaney, Jr., is employed on its public works by the city of New York, Department of Sanitation, under the civil service title of licensed fireman. The budget of the city provides for the appropriation of lump sums to be paid to a specified number of employees holding positions under that title, “ at the prevailing rates.” The rates of pay which these employees actually receive is seven dollars for an eight-hour day, or approximately eighty-seven and one-half cents per hour. The petitioner, claiming that this pay is less “ than the prevailing rate for a…