Roberts v. City of New York

Judgment (denominated an order), Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis Bart Stone, J.), entered February 4, 2004, dismissing the petitions bearing index numbers 127943/02 (Roberts I) and 103953/03 (Roberts II), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Provisional employees “may be terminated at any time” (Matter of Preddice v Callanan, 69 NY2d 812, 814 [1987]) unless “terminated in violation of a constitutional provision or some statute” (id.; see also Matter of State Div. of Human Rights v County of Onondaga Sheriffs Dept., 71 NY2d 623 [1988]). Petitioners allege that respondents violated various…