Farrell v. Kelly

Determination of respondent Police Commissioner, dated August 9, 2002, dismissing petitioner from his position as a police officer, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Saralee Evans, J.], entered January 30, 2003) dismissed, without costs.

The determination that petitioner refrained from taking police action against a brothel because he intended to patronize it *249is supported by substantial evidence, namely, the hearsay statements of two prostitutes who worked…