Matter of Weinstock v. Hammond

The only question presented relates to limitations upon the granting of orders of certiorari.

On July 31, 1934, the relator, after a trial on charges, was dismissed from his service in the Department of Sanitation of the City of New York. As head of that department, the defendant has power to rehear the charges and to reinstate the relator in accordance with section 1543-b of the charter of the city (Laws of 1901, ch. 466). It is thereby provided: “ The head of a city department or any other officer, board or body of the city, or of a borough, or of a county, vested with the power of…