Difate v. City Manager of Yonkers

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Difate v. City Manager of Yonkers

105 A.D.2d 744, 481 N.Y.S.2d 398, 1984 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 20855

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedNovember 13, 1984

StatusPublished

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Difate v. City Manager of Yonkers, 105 A.D.2d 744, 481 N.Y.S.2d 398, 1984 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 20855 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1984).

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In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent City Manager of the City of Yonkers, dated September 12, 1983, which, after a hearing, found petitioner guilty of certain disciplinary charges and dismissed him as a member of the Police Department of the City of Yonkers.

[745]*745Determination confirmed and proceeding dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.

The determination as to petitioner’s guilt is supported by substantial evidence (see 300 Gramatan Ave. Assoc. v State Div. of Human Rights, 45 NY2d 176). Furthermore, since police departments are quasimilitary organizations requiring strict discipline (see Matter of Bal v Murphy, 55 AD2d 26, affd 43 NY2d 762; Matter of Keogh v Dolce, 84 AD2d 579), the penalty imposed was not so disproportionate to the offenses as to be shocking to one’s sense of fairness (see Matter of Pell v Board of Educ., 34 NY2d 222).

We have examined petitioner’s other contentions and find them to be without merit. Niehoff, J. P., Boyers, Lawrence and Fiber, JJ., concur.

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In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent City Manager of the City of Yonkers, dated September 12, 1983, which, after a hearing, found petitioner guilty of certain disciplinary charges and dismissed him as a member of the Police Department of the City of Yonkers.

[745]*745Determination confirmed and proceeding dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.

The determination as to petitioner’s guilt is supported by substantial evidence (see 300 Gramatan Ave. Assoc. v State Div. of Human Rights, 45 NY2d 176). Furthermore, since police departments are quasimilitary organizations requiring strict discipline (see Matter of Bal v Murphy, 55 AD2d 26, affd 43 NY2d 762; Matter of Keogh v Dolce, 84 AD2d 579), the penalty imposed was not so disproportionate to the offenses as to be shocking to one’s sense of fairness (see Matter of Pell v Board of Educ., 34 NY2d 222).

We have examined petitioner’s other contentions and find them to be without merit. Niehoff, J. P., Boyers, Lawrence and Fiber, JJ., concur.

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