Since petitioners had each been convicted of a crime following a full trial, it was within the Commissioner's discretion to dismiss them without an administrative hearing pursuant to Administrative Code of the City of New York § 14-115 (a). The provisions of Public Officer Law § 30 (1) (e) and the Court of Appeals' interpretation of that statute in Matter of Duffy v Ward (
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