Wachtmeister v. Andrus

Crew III, J. P.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by or*823der of the Supreme Court, entered in Clinton County) to review a determination of respondents which terminated petitioner’s employment as a public health nurse.

Petitioner, a public health nurse, began her employment with the Clinton County Department of Public Health (hereinafter the Department) in 1994. In October 1997, following an incident with one of petitioner’s patients, the Department became aware of certain irregularities in petitioner’s job performance, prompting respondent Joanne Swiesz, the…