MATTER OF HAWKINS v. FARIñA

9092. 155642/17.

171 A.D.3d 624 (2019)

97 N.Y.S.3d 469

2019 NY Slip Op 03141

In the Matter of Carl Hawkins, Appellant, v. Carmen Fariña et al., Respondents.

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

Decided April 25, 2019.


A probationary employee may be terminated without a hearing for any reason or no reason at all, as long as the dismissal was not unlawful or in bad faith (see e.g. Matter of Duncan v Kelly, 9 N.Y.3d 1024 [2008]). Here, petitioner alleges no facts to show that his termination was for an illegal or an improper reason, and, absent such allegations, his characterization of his termination as having been in bad faith is purely speculative...

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