Sehulster v. Carney

On June 30,1947, the City of New York assumed operation of the Flathush plant of the New York Water Service Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation), a utility which supplied water to the residents of the Flathush area in the borough of Brooklyn. Shortly before that date arrangements were being made by the Corporation and the city for the transfer of employees of the Flathush plant to the city, and to that end a proposed local law was introduced in the city council which became Local Law No. 62 for the year 1947, effective August 1, 1947. It provided, in part, that “ * * * all…