Gribbin v. Kennedy

Petitioner seeks in this article 78 proceeding brought against the respondents, police commissioner, Civil Service Commission and the comptroller, all of New York City, to review and annul the determination of the police commissioner which terminated the petitioner’s status as a probationary patrolman effective July 31, 1956. Petitioner further applies for reinstatement and for the pay he would have earned as a patrolman since July 31, 1956.

The facts are not in dispute. Movant, an honorably discharged veteran, filed for an examination for the position of patrolman, police department, City of…