Matter of Burke v. Bromberger

Petitioner-respondent, a clerk in a New York City Magistrate's Court, was dismissed from his position by the Chief Magistrate, after a long hearing, on charges that petitioner had struck up an improper relationship with, and had assaulted, a woman whom he had met when she came to the court seeking help or advice. Complainant testified before the Chief Magistrate that petitioner, a married man, told her he was a bachelor and called at her home a number of times, and assaulted her on one of those visits. She had brought a criminal charge of rape against him but that was later dismissed. She…