Case Name: In the Matter of Triangle Auto Body, Inc., Appellant, v. Department of Consumer Affairs of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-11-01
Citations: 198 A.D.2d 226
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Triangle Auto Body, Inc., Appellant, v Department of Consumer Affairs of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 198
Pages: 226–227

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Triangle Auto Body, Inc., Appellant, v Department of Consumer Affairs of the City of New York, Respondent.
[604 NYS2d 792]

Opinion:
—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination by the respondent Department of Consumer Affairs of the City of New York, dated January 10, 1991, which, inter alia, imposed a civil penalty of $1,500 for violation of Administrative Code of the City of New York § 20-513, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Posner, J.), dated June 27, 1991, which dismissed the proceeding.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the petitioner's contention, the respondent's determination that the petitioner violated Administrative Code § 20-513 was supported by substantial evidence (see, Matter of Interliners Lounge Social Club v Department of Consumer Affairs, 176 AD2d 169; Born Again Salvage Corp. v Ratner, 88 AD2d 943). Further, the penalty imposed was not so disproportionate to the offense as to be shocking to one's sense of fairness (see, Born Again Salvage Corp. v Ratner, supra). Bracken, J. P., Balletta, Fiber and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.