DiRubbio v. Safir

Determinations of respondent Police Commissioner dated April 9, 1997, dismissing petitioners from their positions as police officers, 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 [Elliott Wilk, J.], entered November 19, 1997) dismissed, without costs.

Respondents’ findings that petitioners knowingly possessed a stolen vehicle and committed related offenses are supported by substantial evidence, including, in particular, the testimony of an expert in automobile theft.…