Matter of Crichlow v. NYS Off. of Mental Health

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth L. Thompson, Jr., J.), entered May 28, 2014, denying the petition seeking, inter alia, to annul respondents’ determination, dated September 18, 2000, which terminated petitioner’s employment, granting respondents’ cross motion to dismiss the petition, and dismissing the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

It is undisputed that petitioner failed to serve the notice of petition and petition upon the agency respondents, as required by CPLR 307 (2). The failure to properly effectuate service on, and…