Schadt v. Sardino
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtWither, J.
In this article 78 proceeding petitioner seeks annulment of the determination of Thomas J. Sardino as Chief of Police of the City of Syracuse (respondent), made December 7, 1970, dismissing him as a patrolman in the Syracuse Police Department. We reverse and annul the determination because it is based exclusively on informal statements by two witnesses who did not appear before the hearing officer and subject themselves to cross-examination by petitioner’s counsel.
The proceeding grew out of alleged police brutality, said to have occurred in the City of Syracuse on August 24, 1970 after a…
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