McGuinn v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Paula Omansky, J.), entered December 19, 1996, which denied petitioners’ application pursuant to CPLR article 78 challenging respondents’ decision to add five points to the final weighted scores of candidates for Firefighters Examination No. 0084 who proved that they resided in New York City as of April 1, 1995, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The State Constitution’s merit and fitness standard for the civil service is not violated by the subject scoring credit for New York City residency, which, after calculating the written and physical…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Altamore v. Barrios-PaoliNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Matter of Thomas v. KernNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Watts v. McGuireNew York Supreme Court · 1979
- Watts v. McGuireAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981