Ackerman v. Department of Motor Vehicles

The petitioner brings this proceeding pursuant to article 78 of the CPLR to set aside, annul and make void an order of suspension of the Department of Motor Vehicles which suspended the petitioner’s operator’s license for a period of 30 days due to his violation of subdivision (d) of section 1111 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law (passing a red traffic light) which resulted in an accident.

It is the petitioner’s claim that he received a notice of hearing from the respondent scheduling a hearing in the City of Syracuse, New York, on April 4,1968 to investigate an accident which occurred on March…