Matter of Friend v. Valentine

On the former appeal in this case (see 285 N. Y. 764 and 853) we held that the Police Commissioner-could not appoint to the positions of telephone operator in the police department, persons from the civil service eligible list for patrolmen, nor could the Commissioner continue in those telephone operator positions, persons whom he had theretofore appointed to those positions from the patrolman list. We stated specifically, however (285 N. Y. 853) that the Commissioner was not required to fill the vacancies in the position of telephone operator. (See Matter of Turel v. Delaney, 287 N. Y. 15.)…