Goonewardena v. State of New York Workers' Compensation Board

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Walter B. Tolub, J.), entered October 15, 2009, which denied the petition brought pursuant to CELR article 78 seeking, inter alia, to annul respondents’ determination dated July 2, 2008 terminating petitioner’s probationary employment and dismissed the proceeding, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

It is well-settled that a probationary employee may be discharged without a hearing and without a statement of reasons, in the absence of any demonstration that the dismissal was in bad faith, for a constitutionally impermissible…