Gonzalez v. Kelly

Determination of respondent Police Commissioner, dated March 26, 2012, which terminated petitioner’s employment as a New York City police officer, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied, and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of Supreme Court, New York County [Alice Schlesinger, J.], entered September 14, 2012), dismissed, without costs.

Substantial evidence supports the findings that petitioner placed false 911 calls reporting disturbances at a local establishment in retaliation for not being allowed entry while he was off-duty; that he…