The opinion
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Howard A. Levine at the Appellate Division ( 135 AD2d 150 ; see also, Matter of Town of Haverstraw [Rockland County Patromen’s Benevolent Assn.], 65 NY2d 677 ; Rochester City School Dist. v Rochester Teachers’ Assn., 41 NY2d 578 ).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa.