Nichols v. Village of Malone

Proceedings pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by two orders of the Supreme Court, entered in Franklin County) to review two determinations of respondent which, inter alia, terminated petitioner’s employment as a police officer with respondent.

At all times relevant to these proceedings, petitioner was employed as a police officer by respondent’s police department. In August 1993, petitioner was served with a statement of charges alleging that he violated various rules and regulations of respondent’s police department by, among other things, engaging in unauthorized…