Williams v. New York State Department of Mental Hygiene

Determination unanimously confirmed, without costs. Memorandum: Petitioner seeks review of a determination by Lawrence J. Maxwell as Acting Director of the Rome State School which demoted him to Grade 7 effective April 25, 1974. Petitioner was charged with misconduct in that: "At 2:25 p.m. March 25, 1973 another employee walked on the Ward upon which you were the Supervisor. The employee stated: 'Watch this’ and ran over and slapped Vincent Martorella on the head while Mr. Martorella was sleeping in his chair. Mr. Martorella leaped up, started screaming and ran off the Ward holding his head.…