Case Name: In the Matter of Jesse Clark, Appellant, v. Dora Schriro, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-01-12
Citations: 91 A.D.3d 483
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Jesse Clark, Appellant, v Dora Schriro, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 91
Pages: 483–484

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Jesse Clark, Appellant, v Dora Schriro, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, et al., Respondents.
[935 NYS2d 887]

Opinion:
Supreme Court properly found that since respondents were not required to provide petitioner with a hearing within a specifically prescribed period, but only within a "reasonable time" (NY City Charter § 1046 [c] [1]), their failure to do so for more than a year after charging petitioner with misconduct did not constitute failure to fulfill a nondiscretionary duty or perform a purely ministerial act. Accordingly, the petition did not plead an action for mandamus to compel (see Matter of Gar rison Protective Servs. v Office of Comptroller of City of N.Y., 92 NY2d 732, 736 [1999]). Concur — Mazzarelli, J.E, Andrias, Saxe and Freedman, JJ.