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Loscuito v. Scoppetta

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 15, 2008
50 A.D.3d 905 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 2007-04876.

April 15, 2008.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of Nicholas Scoppetta, as Fire Commissioner of the City of New York, dated June 28, 2006, which adopted the recommendation of a hearing officer dated June 14, 2006, made after a hearing, finding the petitioner guilty of six charges of misconduct and terminating his employment as a firefighter with the Fire Department of the City of New York.

Raymond E. Kerno, Mineola, N.Y., for petitioner.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Pamela Seider Dolgow and Fay Ng of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Fisher, J.P., Miller, Carni and Dickerson, JJ.


Adjudged that the determination is confirmed, the petition is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, with costs.

The determination that the petitioner knowingly made false statements to investigators in the course of the Inspector General's investigation and was guilty of other misconduct is supported by substantial evidence and therefore may not be set aside ( see CPLR 7803; Rainer N. Mittl, Ophthalmologist, P.C. v New York State Div. of Human Rights, 100 NY2d 326, 331; 300 Gramatan Ave. Assoc. v State Div. of Human Rights, 45 NY2d 176, 180). In light of the fact that the petitioner made false statements, under oath, relating to serious charges implicating the integrity of the Fire Department of the City of New York, the penalty of dismissal was not so disproportionate to the offenses as to be shocking to one's sense of fairness ( see Matter of Harp v New York City Police Dept., 96 NY2d 892, 894; see also Matter of Kelly v Safir, 96 NY2d 32, 38; Matter of Pell v Board of Educ. of Union Free School Dist. No. 1 of Towns of Scarsdale Mamaroneck, Westchester County, 34 NY2d 222, 237).


Summaries of

Loscuito v. Scoppetta

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 15, 2008
50 A.D.3d 905 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

Loscuito v. Scoppetta

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ANTHONY LOSCUITO, Petitioner, v. NICHOLAS SCOPPETTA, as…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Apr 15, 2008

Citations

50 A.D.3d 905 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 3459
854 N.Y.S.2d 667

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