Legal Opinion
Wood v. Irving
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1995PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
Pursuant to Civil Service Law § 58 (4) (c) (L 1990, ch 29), a police officer, who temporarily served as a detective for more than 18 months, sued and was granted a promotional "appointment” to the rank of detective in the Rochester Police Department. We conclude that the statutory directive on which that judicial ruling rests violates the overriding constitutional prerequisite of article V, § 6, that appointments or promotions within the State civil service system be merit-based and determined, where practicable, by competitive examination. Consequently, we…
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