Eufemio v. University of New York

Main, J. P.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this court pursuant to Education Law § 6510-a [4]) to review a determination of the Commissioner of Education which suspended petitioner’s license to practice medicine in New York State for three years, stayed the suspension and imposed a fine.

In 1979, petitioner was convicted in Maryland of the crime of petty theft. This conviction related to certain financial irregularities at a nursing home owned by petitioner in that State. He received a suspended sentence, three years of probation and was required to perform 300 hours of…