Straker v. Giuliani

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Diane Lebedeff, J.), entered June 2, 2000, which *261granted the petition in a CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking to designate petitioners the status of detective, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the petition denied and the proceeding dismissed. Leave to appeal pursuant to CPLR 5701 (c) is granted sua sponte.

Petitioners, former members of the Special Operations Squad (hereinafter SOS) of the Transit Authority Police (hereinafter TAP), sought appointment as detectives in the New York City Police Department (hereinafter NYPD) after the two…