Corbeil v. Canestrari

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The judgment of Supreme Court, Albany County, appealed from and the prior order of the Appellate Division brought up for our review should be reversed, with costs, and the petition dismissed.

We reject petitioner’s contention that he was entitled to a hearing before being "removed” from his position as a Housing Counselor for the Cohoes Neighborhood Improvement Program. As correctly found by the Appellate Division, petitioner was an "appointive officer” and not an "employee” of the City of Cohoes. (See Matter of Burke v Van Buskirk, 47 AD2d 965; City of Cohoes…