Misir v. New York City Housing Authority

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered January 24, 1997, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

As a provisional employee of defendant Housing Authority, plaintiff, who was terminated for failing to report to work and thereafter failing to return, request leave or provide sufficient explanation for his absence, was not entitled to a hearing under Civil Service Law § 75 (Matter of Tyson v Hess, 66 NY2d 943). Nor was there merit to plaintiff’s cross motion for leave to amend the complaint…