Furtado v. Israel

The petitioner was employed as a respiratory therapist at the respondent Westchester County Health Care Corporation. He was charged with misconduct pursuant to Civil Service Law §75 after he pleaded guilty to attempted patronization of a prostitute under the age of 14 (see Penal Law § 230.05). At a hearing, the respondents presented testimony from the vice-president of patient care, who stated that she questioned the petitioner after she observed a television broadcast indicating that he had been arrested for soliciting a minor, and that the petitioner admitted that he had been arrested.…