MATTER OF SELIGSON v. KERIK


295 A.D.2d 262 (2002)

744 N.Y.S.2d 665

In the Matter of WILLIAM SELIGSON, Petitioner, v. BERNARD B. KERIK, as POLICE COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided June 25, 2002.


Substantial evidence, including the testimony of the complainant and another witness to the incident, supports the Commissioner's finding that petitioner used excessive force against a civilian and abused his authority by threatening to arrest that civilian without justification (see, Matter of Hickey v Ward, 161 A.D.2d 495). The credibility determinations of the administrative law judge supporting the findings of guilt against petitioner...

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