Martinez v. Ward

Determination of the respondent Police Commissioner of the City of New York, dated April 2, 1988, which dismissed petitioner from his position as a police officer, is unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of Sup Ct, NY County [David Saxe, J.], entered on or about Sept. 27, 1989), is dismissed without costs or disbursements.

We find substantial evidence in the record to support the Commissioner’s determination that petitioner, on or about June 29, 1988, was absent from his tour of duty, without…