Toolasprashad v. Kelly

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marilyn Shafer, J.), entered July 13, 2007, which granted the petition to annul respondents’ determination to terminate petitioner’s employment after a hearing held in his absence to the extent of remanding the matter to respondents for a full hearing on proper notice to petitioner, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The hearing officer’s determination that petitioner’s failure to appear for the hearing was without good cause was based on his finding that respondents had made diligent efforts to serve petitioner with the charges against him and to…