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p. 579In the Matter of Maria Villar, Petitioner, v Raymond W. Kelly, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents. [918 NYS2d 494]
Respondent’s determination to dismiss petitioner from the Police Department is supported by substantial evidence that petitioner wrongfully discussed and divulged official department business with a person known to the department (Matter of Purdy v Kreisberg, 47 NY2d 354 [1979]). Given the risk to the general public arising from the passing of sensitive information about a narcotics case to another subject of the same ongoing narcotics investigation, the penalty of dismissal does not shock our sense of fairness (see Matter of Kelly v Safir, 96 NY2d 32 , 38 [2001]). Concur — Tom, J.P, Andrias, Sweeny, Moskowitz and Renwick, JJ.
Cases cited
- Purdy v. Kreisberg 47 NY2d 354 p. 579
- Kelly v. Safir 96 NY2d 32 at 38 p. 579