Case Name: In the Matter of Kevin McGaughey, Petitioner, v. Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-11-18
Citations: 266 A.D.2d 100
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Kevin McGaughey, Petitioner, v Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 266
Pages: 100–100

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Kevin McGaughey, Petitioner, v Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
[698 NYS2d 471]

Opinion:
—Determination of respondent Police Commissioner, dated April 8, 1998, terminating petitioner's employment as a police officer unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court pursuant to CPLR 7804 [g] by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Walter Tolub, J.], entered August 25, 1998) dismissed, without costs.
Substantial evidence supports respondent's findings that, without provocation and as a result of petitioner's belief that a detective was involved in undercover Internal Affairs investigations, petitioner verbally and physically assaulted the detective, causing injuries to his groin. The penalty of dismissal does not shock our sense of fairness. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Mazzarelli, Lerner and Buckley, JJ.