MATTER OF VITIELLO v. COUGHLIN


159 A.D.2d 791 (1990)

In the Matter of Steven Vitiello, Petitioner, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of The Department of Correctional Services, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

March 1, 1990


Mercure, J.

Petitioner was involved in the takeover of the special housing unit of Coxsackie Correctional Facility in Greene County on August 1, 1988, in the course of which five correction officers were taken hostage, threatened and abused, and between $50,000 and $75,000 worth of property damage was incurred. A misbehavior report charged petitioner with several institutional violations and, after a hearing...

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