Whalen v. City of Mechanicville

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Williams, J.), entered October 5, 2000 in Saratoga County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pur*850suant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent City of Mechanicville terminating his employment as a police officer.

Petitioner was employed by respondent City of Mechanicville in Saratoga County as a part-time police officer from October 1984 through October 1996. In October 1996, petitioner was appointed to a three-year full-time police officer position under the Federal cops past grant program. The City…