Hagmaier v. Bratton

—Determination of respondent Police Commissioner dated February 22, 1996, which dismissed petitioner from his position as a police officer, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Eileen Bransten, J.], entered October 9, 1996), dismissed, without costs.

As in Matter of Morrow v Safir (242 AD2d 217), we reject petitioner’s argument that respondent’s decision to dismiss him was based on his alcoholism, rather than his misconduct, while out of town to attend a…