Podszus v. City of Mount Vernon Department of Public Safety

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent Commissioner of Public Safety of the City of Mount Vernon, dated June 27, 1996, which, after a hearing, determined that the petitioner was guilty of insubordination and malicious gossip and imposed a penalty of the forfeiture and withholding of 10 days pay. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated June 18, 1997, the respondents’ motion, in effect, to dismiss the proceeding, was held in abeyance and was referred to the panel of Justices hearing the proceeding for determination upon the argument or…