Dougherty v. Hennessy

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 the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation which dismissed petitioner from his position as Transportation Safety Director. On May 10,1979, Esther Swanker accepted an appointment to the position of Assistant Commissioner for Manpower and Employee Relations with the Department of Transportation. In that position she headed four bureaus and was directly responsible to the Commissioner of Transportation. Almost…