DeRespiris v. New York City Transit Authority

—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to compel the respondent to pay the petitioner’s legal fees pursuant to Public Officers Law § 18 (3) (b) in connection with his defense in an action entitled Cellini v DeRespiris, in the Supreme Court, Westchester County, Index No. 9176/96, as well as the legal fees and disbursements in connection with the instant proceeding, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vinik, J.), dated July 24, 1997, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.

*504Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

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