Hanchard v. Facilities Development Corp.

—Peters, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Spain, J.), entered August 13, 1993 in Albany County, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to annul a determination of respondent terminating petitioner’s employment.

Petitioner, a licensed architect, was employed by respondent as a Development Administrator from September 1982 until June 1991. Petitioner’s job performance was satisfactory until 1987 when he received a performance evaluation rating of "needs improvement”. Thereafter, petitioner received both informal and formal criticism…