Spry v. Delaware County

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mercure, J.

Petitioner, employed as a ward clerk at respondent Delaware County Countryside Care Center under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, was charged with numerous specifications of incompetence, insubordination, conduct unbecoming an employee, serious misconduct and unauthorized use of facility property. Following an 11-day administrative hearing conducted pursuant to Civil Service Law § 75, petitioner was found guilty of a great many of the charges1 and the Hearing Officer recommended that petitioner be demoted in grade and title. By decision dated…