Jones v. Carey

Petitioners Jones and Darius were among 360 employees of the Department of Transportation who were laid off, effective July 1, 1975, by respondent Department of Transportation. Approximately 200 of these employees, including petitioners, were labor class employees. The layoffs were in conjunction with budget cuts caused by the recent State fiscal crisis. Petitioners Jones and Darius, along with petitioner Civil Service Employees’ Association, instituted this CPLR article 78 proceeding on behalf of themselves and other laid off labor class employees challenging the procedure by which…