Case Name: In the Matter of Martin Kobel, 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: 1998-10-08
Citations: 254 A.D.2d 72
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Martin Kobel, Petitioner, v Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 72–72

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Martin Kobel, Petitioner, v Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
[678 NYS2d 494]

Opinion:
—Determination of respondent Police Commissioner, dated November 13, 1996, dismissing 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 the Supreme Court, New York County [Robert Lippmann, J.], entered June 12, 1997), dismissed, without costs.
Substantial evidence supports respondent's determination that petitioner failed to intervene in an assault on an off-duty member of the Police Department, which he knew was going to occur and observed in progress. No basis exists to disturb respondent's findings on credibility (see, Matter of Berenhaus v Ward, 70 NY2d 436, 443-444). Concur — Ellerin, J. P., Williams, Mazzarelli and Andrias, JJ.