Wright v. Town Board of Ticonderoga

Petitioner appeals the denial of his application to hold respondents, the Town Board of the Town of Ticonderoga and the Director of Personnel and Civil Service of Essex County, in contempt of the order and decision of this court in Matter of Wright v Town Bd. (139 AD2d 60, lv denied 73 NY2d 707). The nature of the alleged contempt centers around respondents’ failure to discharge Officer Dennis Johnson from his position with the Town of Ticonderoga Police Department (hereinafter Department).

The pertinent facts are contained within this court’s previous decision (supra), wherein we found, inter…