Farrell v. New York City Police Department

Memorandum. The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Appellant’s employment in the New York City Police Department was terminated at the expiration of his probationary period on July 31, 1970. The termination was made on the recommendation of the department’s chief surgeon. The latter’s recommendation was predicated in turn on knowledge that appellant had been under the medical care of his family doctor since November, 1963, who advised in June, 1969 that appellant had "arterial hypertension with a blood pressure of about 150/70” and that "a short systolic murmur is present”. *844It…