Pitchford v. State

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Ramos, J.), entered January 27, 1999, which denied petitioner’s application to annul respondent Commissioner of Department of Correctional Services’ determination demoting petitioner from her position of Superintendent to Senior Counselor, and dismissed the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

An employee at will, such as petitioner, may be discharged (or, as here, demoted) without a hearing or a statement of reasons for the discharge, and that judicial review is limited to whether the discharge was in violation of constitutional,…