Matter of Lumezi v. Bratton

Determination of respondent Police Commissioner, dated June 16, 2015, after a hearing, dismissing petitioner from the Police Department, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied, and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Shlomo Hagler, J.], entered December 4, 2015), dismissed, without costs.

The determination that petitioner ingested cocaine is supported by substantial evidence (see 300 Gramatan Ave. Assoc. v State Div. of Human Rights, 45 NY2d 176 [1978]). Pursuant to department drug-testing procedures,…