Hartnett v. Lowery

The petitioners were staff officers of the New York City Fire Department and they both retired from active duty in the early months of 1971.

As a result of orders entered in Supreme Court, New York County, lump-sum parity payments were made to members of the Police, Fire, Corrections and Sanitation Services who were subject to collective bargaining.

In order to maintain an equitable relationship between those in the administrative branches of the affected services who were not subject to collective bargaining, it was suggested that they, too, receive lump-sum equitable benefits.

This suggestion…