
    Robert L. Schulz et al., Appellants, v New York State Legislature et al., Respondents. City of New York et al., Intervenors-Respondents.
    Submitted January 26, 1998;
    decided February 11, 1998
   Appeal transferred, without costs, by the Court of Appeals, sua sponte, to the Appellate Division, Third Department, upon the ground that a direct appeal does not lie when questions other than the constitutional validity of a statutory provision are involved (NY Const, art VI, § 3 [b] [2]; § 5 [b]; CPLR 5601 [b] [2]).  