Biffer v. City of Saratoga Springs

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Keniry, J.), entered August 5, 1999 in Saratoga County, which, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Plaintiff Michael J. Differ has been employed as the Duilding *750Inspector of the City of Saratoga Springs in Saratoga County since 1978. For over 20 years, his office, known informally as the Building Department, was part of the Department of Public Safety and overseen by the Commissioner of Public Safety. In 1997, defendant Mayor of the City of Saratoga Springs and the Commissioner formed a five-member…