Case Name: In the Matter of Maria Villar, Petitioner, v. Raymond W. Kelly, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-03-22
Citations: 82 A.D.3d 579
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Maria Villar, Petitioner, v Raymond W. Kelly, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 82
Pages: 579–579

Head Matter:
In 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]

Opinion:
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.