Oakley v. New York State Crime Victims Board

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Keegan, J.), entered August 8, 1996 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to, inter alia, direct respondents to reinstate petitioner to his prior employment.

In 1991, petitioner, an honorably discharged Vietnam-era veteran, received a permanent appointment to the position of counsel to respondent New York State Crime Victims Board. He remained in that position until September 5, 1995 when the Board’s chairperson, respondent Gennaro A. Fischetti, summarily terminated him. Petitioner…