Velasquez v. Kerik

—Determination of respondents, dated August 10, 2000, which dismissed petitioner from his position 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 [Sheila Abdus-Salaam, JJ, entered on or about March 19, 2001), dismissed, without costs.

There was substantial evidence to support the finding that petitioner, while off-duty, savagely beat a civilian, and it was within the province of the hearing officer to reject petitioner’s claim of…