Case Name: In the Matter of Elmer Martinez, 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: 1998-10-06
Citations: 254 A.D.2d 40
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Elmer Martinez, Petitioner, v Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 40–40

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Elmer Martinez, Petitioner, v Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
[678 NYS2d 716]

Opinion:
Determination of respondent Police Commissioner dated February 19, 1997, 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 [Beatrice Shainswit, J.], entered June 10, 1997), dismissed, without costs.
Substantial evidence supports respondents' determination that petitioner stole more than $4,000 from a civilian's apartment while on duty. No basis exists to disturb respondents' credibility findings. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.