Thomas v. New York City Department of Education

OPINION OF THE COURT

Peter H. Moulton, J.

This case is about the second chances afforded by Correction Law § 752. Petitioner brings this CPLR article 78 proceeding to overturn respondent’s denial of petitioner’s application to return to the paraprofessional position he previously held at New York City Department of Education (DOE).

Petitioner worked as a paraprofessional with special needs children without blemish since 2002, until he made the selfish decision to get behind the wheel of a car and drive drunk in 2006, seriously injuring a pedestrian. Petitioner’s blood alcohol was double the…