Peck v. Sartori

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Chemung County) to review a determination by the City Manager of the City of Elmira which found the petitioner guilty of misconduct, and demoted the petitioner from the rank of captain of the fire department to lieutenant, suspended him from work without pay for 30 days, and made the proceedings a part of his permanent personnel file. The hearing officer found that the petitioner was insubordinate in violating the rules, agreements and ordinances binding on him as a…