Kiernan v. Bronstein

This is a special proceeding (CPLR art. 78) by about “ 17,000 individually named ” police officers employed by the City of New York, for a judgment declaring that section 210 of the Civil Service Law (Taylor Law) is unconstitutional either on its face or as it has been applied to them, and annulling and vacating respondent’s determinations that they had violated the provisions of the statute resulting in forfeiture of tenure and the imposition of fines. The petitioners’ motion for an order approving the written stipulation between the parties dated November 16, 1972, severing * ‘ those causes…