James M. Odato writes in todays Albany Times Union - “Gov. David Paterson and Civil Service Commissioner Nancy Groenwegen briefly seized a new power to let agency heads appoint people they wanted to hundreds of jobs. But State Judge Joseph Teresi’s July 25 order in a lawsuit shot down their move to reclassify professional titles to be exempt from civil service list hiring.

The action, dealing with 29 medical titles held by 1,700 people, would have “opened the floodgates for the placement of many other titles which require licensure,” said Public Employees Federation President Kenneth Brynien, who sued Groenwegen, Paterson and Civil Service.”

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