Perez v. Safir

—Determination of respondent Police Commissioner dated July 19, 1996, which dismissed petitioner from his position as a police officer, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Stanley Sklar, J.], entered February 24, 1997) dismissed, without costs.

Substantial evidence supports respondent’s determination that petitioner conspired with the tow truck driver to steal a battery from a towed car, and that he attempted to facilitate this scheme by indicating in his…