Case Name: In the Matter of Yusuf O'Neal, Appellant, v. Anthony Schembri, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-02-02
Citations: 212 A.D.2d 369
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Yusuf O’Neal, Appellant, v Anthony Schembri, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 212
Pages: 369–370

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Yusuf O’Neal, Appellant, v Anthony Schembri, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, et al., Respondents.
[622 NYS2d 32]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.) entered April 29, 1993, which dismissed the probationary officer's petition for reinstatement or, in the alternative, an evidentiary or name-clearing hearing, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Petitioner's bald assertions of bad faith do not entitle him to an evidentiary hearing into the facts surrounding his termination (see, D'Aiuto v Department of Water Resources, 51 AD2d 700, 701). Indeed, the record amply demonstrates a good faith basis for petitioner's termination. We also note that petitioner is not entitled to a name-clearing hearing because the termination reasons were neither stigmatizing, nor publicly disseminated (see, Matter of Lentlie v Egan, 61 NY2d 874). Concur—Wallach, J. P., Rubin, Kupferman and Tom, JJ.