Bajpayi v. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Contrary to the petitioner’s contention, the respondent SUNY Downstate Medical Center (hereinafter Downstate) followed its own policies before denying him credit for his fourth year of post-graduate medical training and, thus, its determination was not arbitrary and capricious (see Matter of Mullen v County of Suffolk Police Dept., 307 AD2d 1036, 1037 [2003]; Matter of Church v Wing, 229 AD2d 1019, 1020 [1996]). The petitioner’s actions constituted “misconduct” as that term is defined in Downstate’s Misconduct Due Process Policy. As a result, the due process procedures required under the…