Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The petitioner's contention that the Mayor was not authorized pursuant to Civil Service Law § 75 (2) to conduct the disciplinary hearing is without merit. It is an elementary principle of law that an appointing authority possesses the power to remove an employee (see, e.g., People ex rel. Corrigan v Mayor of City of Brooklyn, 149 N.Y. 215, 223-224; Matter of Beers v Nyquist,
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