Legal Opinion
Fella v. County of Rockland
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 30, 2002PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The petitioner was suspended without pay for a period of 30 days from his position as the Rockland County Commissioner of Hospitals as the result of a complaint filed by an employee under the Rockland County Equal Employment Opportunity Policy (hereinafter the EEOP). The complaint alleged that the petitioner violated the EEOP by appointing a member of his staff with whom he was having a romantic relationship to fill the position of a retiring assistant director of nursing. The employee who filed the EEOP complaint had also been a candidate for the position.
*814After an investigation, the Rockland…
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