Riforgiato v. Board of Education

Determination unanimously modified by annulling the penalty of reprimand, and, as modified, confirmed, without costs, and matter remitted to respondent for the imposition of an appropriate penalty, in accordance with the following memorandum: Petitioner, age 36, is a tenured high school teacher in the Buffalo public school system. In March, *7581979 he was charged with two offenses constituting A-2 felonies and two offenses constituting A-3 felonies. He waived indictment and pleaded guilty to Superior Court information charging him with attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance…