Timpano v. Hanna

This proceeding was commenced pursuant to article 78 of the CPLR by the petitioners against the respondents, seeking an order of this court directing Mayor Edward A. Hanna, in his capacity as Commissioner of Public Safety of the City of Utica, to reinstate the petitioners, Chirillo, Sardina, Arcuri, Doyle, Addison, Kahler, Aldi and Pisano, as members of the Bureau of Fire, Department of Public Safety of the City of Utica, New York, on the grounds that they were duly appointed by a former Public Safety Commissioner pursuant to section 134 of the Second Class Cities Law of the State of New…