Opinion
December 1, 1988
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.).
The determination by respondent was supported by substantial evidence. We note, however, that the penalty imposed was extremely lenient in view of the petitioner's gross abuse of his public authority for private and vindictive ends, especially when compared with sanctions imposed by the Commissioner in other cases for infractions much less serious. This is not the first instance we have seen of such marked and unfair disparity in the imposition of sanctions. (See, e.g., Matter of Flowers v Ward, 138 A.D.2d 242.)
Concur — Kupferman, J.P., Sullivan, Ross, Asch and Wallach, JJ.