OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (114 AD2d 768; see also, De Paulo v City of Albany, 49 NY2d 994; Matter of Sprinzen [Nomberg], 46 NY2d 623; Binghamton Civ. Serv. Forum v City of Binghamton, 44 NY2d 23).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Meyer, Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone and Hancock, Jr.