Opinion
Reargued May 23, 1939
Decided June 2, 1939
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
William C. Chanler, Corporation Counsel ( Paxton Blair and William S. Gaud, Jr., of counsel), for defendants, respondents and appellants.
Harold Riegelman, H.H. Nordlinger and Jacob M. Dinnes for Citizens Budget Commission, Inc., amicus curiae. Irving H. Saypol, Laurence Arnold Tanzer and Leo Kotler for petitioners, appellants and respondents.
Upon reargument, order affirmed, without costs; no opinion.
Concur: LEHMAN, HUBBS, LOUGHRAN and RIPPEY, JJ. Dissenting: CRANE, Ch. J., O'BRIEN and FINCH, JJ. Upon the reargument CRANE, Ch. J., is convinced that the meaning of section 68 of the charter is correctly stated in the dissenting opinion of FINCH, J. (See 280 N.Y. 223.)