City of Tonawanda v. City of Tonawanda Civil Service Commission

Judgment unanimously affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: We agree with appellant that, although the petition is inartfully drawn, a liberal reading thereof presents to the court the question of the propriety of the action of respondent Civil Service Commission in refusing to reclassify the position of fire chief from a competitive to an exempt one. We approve of the factual recitations and findings made by Special Term upon the pleadings and supporting papers. In this article 78 proceeding to review respondent’s administrative determination, petitioner seeks to have Special Term retry the…