Case Name: In the Matter of Steven Presti, Appellant, v. Kevin Farrell, as Commissioner of the Department of Sanitation of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-11-10
Citations: 23 A.D.3d 211
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Steven Presti, Appellant, v Kevin Farrell, as Commissioner of the Department of Sanitation of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 211–211

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Steven Presti, Appellant, v Kevin Farrell, as Commissioner of the Department of Sanitation of the City of New York, Respondent.
[806 NYS2d 5]

Opinion:
Judgment (denominated an order), Supreme Court, New York County (James A. Yates, J.), entered November 1, 2002, which denied the petition brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 seeking to annul respondent's acceptance of petitioner's advance resignation pursuant to a last chance agreement, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
After petitioner tested positive for drugs for a third time, respondent properly accepted petitioner's resignation from his position as a sanitation worker pursuant to a last chance agreement that he had signed at a prior disciplinary proceeding, and that had provided for automatic resignation upon any subsequent positive test. In the agreement, petitioner, in lieu of termination, knowingly relinquished the right to appeal or otherwise challenge the test results or testing procedures (see Montiel v Kiley, 147 AD2d 402 [1989]). In any event, petitioner's chain of custody argument concerning his drug test is without merit. Concur—Buckley, P.J., Tom, Andrias, Sullivan and Malone, JJ.