Matter of Ashishi v. Venettozzi

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision directing that petitioner be placed in administrative segregation.

Correction officials received confidential information that petitioner was using his position on the inmate liaison committee to influence inmates to participate in an organized demonstration in the mess hall. Specifically, on the morning of March 21, 2016, there was a considerable reduction in attendance at the mess…