Brown v. Kerik

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York *479County (Joan A. Madden, J.), entered April 1, 2004, which, in a CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking to compel respondent Police Commissioner to designate petitioners as detectives third grade, and related relief, (1) denied petitioners’ motion to confirm the Special Referee’s report finding that the duties performed by petitioners in the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Evidence Collection Team (ECT) are equivalent to those performed by detectives in the NYPD’s Crime Scene Unit (CSU), (2) found that there is no such equivalence, and…