Case Name: In the Matter of Robert Tonry, Petitioner, v. William Bratton et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-02-04
Citations: 136 A.D.3d 443
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Robert Tonry, Petitioner, v William Bratton et al., Respondents.
Judges: Concur — Tom, J.P., Friedman, Sweeny, Acosta and Andrias, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 136
Pages: 443–444

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Robert Tonry, Petitioner, v William Bratton et al., Respondents.
[23 NYS3d 890]

Opinion:
— Determination of respondent Police Commissioner of the City of New York, dated September 18, 2013, which dismissed petitioner from his position as a police officer, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied, and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of Supreme Court, New York County [Paul Wooten, J.], entered July 11, 2014), dismissed, without costs.
The determination is supported by substantial evidence (see 300 Gramatan Ave. Assoc. v State Div. of Human Rights, 45 NY2d 176, 180-181 [1978]). Such evidence demonstrated that petitioner engaged in numerous acts of misconduct, and there exists no basis to disturb the credibility determinations of the Deputy Commissioner of Trials (see Matter of Berenhaus v Ward, 70 NY2d 436, 443 [1987]).
Under the circumstances presented, the penalty of termination does not shock our sense of fairness (see Matter of Kelly v Safir, 96 NY2d 32, 38 [2001]).
Concur — Tom, J.P., Friedman, Sweeny, Acosta and Andrias, JJ.