MATTER OF DOBRIN v. SAFIR


272 A.D.2d 134 (2000)

708 N.Y.S.2d 608

In the Matter of JARED DOBRIN, Petitioner, v. HOWARD SAFIR, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent.

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

Decided May 9, 2000.


There is substantial evidence to support the determination that petitioner committed acts prejudicial to the good order, efficiency and discipline of the Police Department. In making this determination, the Commissioner, unlike the courts, was empowered to substitute his judgment for that of the Hearing Officer (see, Matter of Shurgin v Ambach, 56 N.Y.2d 700). Petitioner's dismissal was not so disproportionate to his offenses as...

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