Laverpool v. New York City Transit Authority

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lewis L. Douglass, J.

This is an article 78 proceeding brought on behalf of former employees of the New York City Transit Authority (the Authority) seeking a judgment reinstating petitioners to their former employment positions with the Authority or transfer to similar positions with back pay and benefits.

The facts are as follows: Petitioners, all veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States, were employed by the respondent Authority in the title of special inspector until their services were terminated on July 3, 1981 as a result of the abolition of 23 out of 32…