McWilliams v. Haveliwala

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, to review a determination of the respondent Director of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, dated November 24, 1976, which, after a hearing pursuant to section 74 of the Civil Service Law, found the petitioner, a psychologist, guilty of (1) misconduct in sexually abusing a resident of the institution (Charge I) and (2) incompetency, inappropriate behavior and a lack of proper professional judgment exhibited in an interview with a patient in his care (Charge III), and dismissed him from his employment. Petition granted to the extent that…