Case Name: In the Matter of Michelle R. Nelson, Appellant, v. Catherine Abate, as Correction Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-06-28
Citations: 205 A.D.2d 454
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Michelle R. Nelson, Appellant, v Catherine Abate, as Correction Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 205
Pages: 454–455

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Michelle R. Nelson, Appellant, v Catherine Abate, as Correction Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
[613 NYS2d 889]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered April 23, 1993, which denied petitioner's application pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul respondent's determination terminating petitioner's probationary employment as a correction officer, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
"It is well settled that a probationary employee may be discharged without a hearing and without a statement of reasons in the absence of any demonstration that dismissal was for a constitutionally impermissible purpose or in violation of statutory or decisional law." (Matter of York v McGuire, 63 NY2d 760, 761.) The court's inquiry in this instance is limited to the question of whether the dismissal was in bad faith (Matter of Johnson v Katz, 68 NY2d 649, 650); and the record before this Court offers no support for petitioner's conclusory allegations that she was terminated due to, or as a result of her participation in the Employee Assistance Program. Indeed, petitioner's record of excessive absence and lateness was established well before her participation in that program and provided a sufficient basis for her termination (see, Matter of Jones v Sielaff, 189 AD2d 593; Matter of Dolcemaschio v City of New York, 180 AD2d 573, 575). Concur —Sullivan, J. P., Carro, Wallach, Williams and Tom, JJ.