The fate of 31 NYPD officers, all of whom face losing their jobs, could be decided Tuesday at a hearing in Manhattan over whether they can be fired because of alleged false information in their applications to join the force.

A judge granted the Police Benevolent Association a temporary restraining order late Thursday after the NYPD informed the officers they could either resign or be fired in 24 hours. The ultimatum came after the department said the officers had multiple disqualifying factors, including lying about criminal convictions, lying about previous arrests and driving infractions.

The officers had previously received notices of disqualification, which should have prevented them from becoming police officers but were hired anyway, a move the NYPD said was a violation of law.

As a result of the furor, an NYPD inspector overseeing the candidate assessment office was transferred to the Housing police bureau. The inspector reportedly approved the hirings despite the disqualifying information, a department official said Thursday.

In a statement last week, PBA president Patrick Hendry said the proposed firings "were an absolute travesty" and the NYPD tried to cover its tracks over its faulty hiring practices.

In court papers, the PBA said the planned firings were arbitrary and capricious and subjected the impacted officers to great financial hardship. On Tuesday, the union will ask a Manhattan State Supreme Court judge to stop the firings and find them invalid.

An NYPD official who was not authorized to discuss the issue with Newsday, said as many as 75 police officers currently on the job had questions raised about their backgrounds in the hiring process, but it was unclear if they ever received letters of disqualification

In granting the temporary restraining order last week, the judge gave the city until Monday to respond to the PBA filing. A spokesman for the City Law Department said a response was expected to be filed late Monday.

In new court filings Monday, the PBA submitted eight affidavits from officers, seven of whom identified as either Black or Hispanic, who detailed their hiring and described how losing their job would hurt them greatly financially.

Officer Crystal Garnett, 37, who identified as Black, said in her affidavit that after receiving a letter of disqualification in July 2022 she was subsequently contacted by the candidate assessment division and asked if she still wanted to join the NYPD.

Garnett, who had been working for 10 years with the Department of Correction, accepted the offer and graduated from the police academy in July 2024.

"I would be unable to meet my mortgage obligations or cover essential living expenses," Garnett said in her affidavit about the financial effects of being fired.

"Termination would risk the repossession of my vehicle," she continued, "the loss of my medical benefits, and ultimately, the potential for homelessness."

Officer Nicholas Antoniello, 23, said in his affidavit that after graduating from SUNY Oswego he applied to the NYPD. He received a letter of disqualification but still had a second interview. At the conclusion of the interview, Antoniello states in the court filing, he was told by the interviewing officer that "I would be a good police officer." Antoniello's application was approved.

Antoniello said he graduated from the police academy in October 2024 and was assigned to the 106 Precinct in Queens.