Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1978

Benz v. Hegarty

Benz v. Hegarty
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 29, 1978
63 A.D.2d 732; 406 N.Y.S.2d 695; 1978 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11664
Benz v. Hegarty

Opinion of the Court

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent Police Commissioner of the City of New Rochelle which, after a hearing, (1) sustained disciplinary charges filed against petitioner and (2) suspended him without pay for a period of 15 days. Determination confirmed and proceeding dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements. There is sufficient evidence in the record to support the commissioner’s determination. The penalty imposed is not *733shocking to one’s sense of fairness (see Matter of Pell v Board of Educ., 34 NY2d 222). Hopkins, J. P., Titone, Gulotta and O’Connor, JJ., concur.

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