Case Name: In the Matter of Danaci Santiago, Appellant, v. Martin F. Horn, 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: 2007-02-20
Citations: 37 A.D.3d 307
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Danaci Santiago, Appellant, v Martin F. Horn, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 307–307

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Danaci Santiago, Appellant, v Martin F. Horn, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, et al., Respondents.
[830 NYS2d 119]—

Opinion:
Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Rosalyn Richter, J.), entered September 6, 2005, which granted the respondents' cross motion to dismiss this proceeding, and order, same court and Justice, entered on or about May 24, 2006, which, to the extent appealable, denied petitioner's motion to renew the earlier disposition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Petitioner, who was on probation for prior misconduct, failed to sustain his burden of establishing by competent evidence that his termination as a correction officer was in bad faith or for illegal reasons (see Matter of Swinton v Safir, 93 NY2d 758, 762-763 [1999]). Indeed, his lateness and absenteeism, both of which were admitted in his petition, provided a proper basis for dismissal of the proceeding (Matter of Nelson v Abate, 205 AD2d 454 [1994]). Furthermore, the rule cited in petitioner's renewal motion does not require respondent to wait until completion of the initial probationary term before dismissing a probationary employee. Concur—Tom, J.P., Saxe, Sweeny, Malone and Kavanagh, JJ.