Case Name: Anthony Peterson, Appellant, v. New York City Police Department, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-03-28
Citations: 270 A.D.2d 184
Docket Number: 
Parties: Anthony Peterson, Appellant, v New York City Police Department, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 270
Pages: 184–185

Head Matter:
Anthony Peterson, Appellant, v New York City Police Department, Respondent.
[705 NYS2d 224]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Ramos, J.), entered April 17, 1998, which granted respondent's motion to dismiss the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Respondent was justified in treating the petition as a nullity, after promptly returning it to petitioner with a letter explaining that it was doing so for lack of a verification (CPLR 3022; see, Matter of Miller v Board of Assessors, 91 NY2d 82, 86). Without a verified petition, the proceeding was properly dismissed. Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Williams, Tom and Andrias, JJ.