Matter of Webb v. City of New York

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Frank R Ñervo, J.), entered September 10, 2014, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied the petition seeking to vacate the penalty of termination imposed on petitioner after an arbitration hearing, and dismissed the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 75, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

A court must uphold a sanction imposed unless it is so disproportionate to the offense that it shocks the conscience and therefore, constitutes an abuse of discretion (see Matter of Featherstone v Franco, 95…