McGrath v. Safir

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Walter Tolub, J.), entered February 14, 1997, which denied petitioner former police cadets’ application pursuant to CPLR article 78 challenging respondents’ eligibility requirements for taking the 1996 police sergeants’ promotional examination, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

We agree with the IAS Court that the July 1994 Mollen Commission report, which found that ineffective leadership was a major contributing factor in police corruption and recommended that police officers have at least three years’ experience to be eligible for promotion,…