MATTER OF HUGHES v. Suffolk County Dep't of Civil Serv.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and respondent’s determination reinstated.

An administrative hearing must be conducted by an unbiased Hearing Officer (see, People ex rel. Packwood v Riley, 232 NY 283, 286). To establish Hearing Officer bias as a matter of fact, there must be support in the record for the bias and proof that the outcome flowed from the alleged bias (see, Matter of Warder v Board of Regents, 53 NY2d 186, 197). Here, petitioner’s only "evidence” claiming bias is an unsworn memorandum asserting that the Hearing Officer was…