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Matter of Ansbro v. McGuire

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 25, 1980
405 N.E.2d 180 (N.Y. 1980)

Opinion

Argued February 15, 1980

Decided March 25, 1980

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department.

Allen G. Schwartz, Corporation Counsel (Peter Lavigne, Carolyn E. Demarest and L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), for appellants.

Nicholas T. Montalto for respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The order appealed from should be reversed, with costs, and the determination of respondent police commissioner should be reinstated. In light of the determination made by the commissioner, which we find to be supported by substantial evidence, that petitioner did on many occasions knowingly apply for and obtain overtime payments to which he was not entitled, the Appellate Division erred in disturbing the sanction of dismissal imposed by the commissioner. It is well settled that an administrative sanction is not to be set aside as excessive unless it is so "clearly disproportionate to the offense and completely inequitable in light of the surrounding circumstances" (Kostika v Cuomo, 41 N.Y.2d 673, 676) as to be "`shocking to one's sense of fairness'" (Matter of Pell v Board of Educ., 34 N.Y.2d 222, 233; accord Schaubman v Blum, 49 N.Y.2d 375). In view of the extent and nature of petitioner's purposive and knowing misconduct, it cannot be said that the sanction imposed by the commissioner was excessive under this standard.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur in memorandum.

Order reversed, etc.


Summaries of

Matter of Ansbro v. McGuire

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 25, 1980
405 N.E.2d 180 (N.Y. 1980)
Case details for

Matter of Ansbro v. McGuire

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of PAUL V. ANSBRO, Respondent, v. ROBERT J. McGUIRE, as…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 25, 1980

Citations

405 N.E.2d 180 (N.Y. 1980)
405 N.E.2d 180
427 N.Y.S.2d 935

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