Steiner v. Department of Education

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this court pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 6510 of the Education Law) to review a determination of the Commissioner of Education, which suspended petitioner’s license to practice podiatry for a period of three months and imposed a fine of $1,000. Petitioner’s contention that the penalty imposed is disproportionate to the offense and shocking to one’s sense of fairness is without merit (see Matter of Foreman v Board of Regents of Univ. of State of N. Y., 75 AD2d 953, mot for lv to app den 51 NY2d 704). We have examined petitioner’s…