Fogarty v. Connelie

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which dismissed petitioner from his employment as a sergeant in the New York State Police. A licensed firearms dealer from 1966 to January 1, 1976, petitioner was a sergeant in the New York State Police and for 17 years had been a member of the New York State Police when, in June of 1976, three disciplinary charges were brought against him. Only the first of the charges is at issue here because petitioner was not…