MATTER OF DOWLAH v. CITY UNIV. OF N.Y.

Index No. 653103/19. Appeal No. 12634. Case No. 2019-04388.

189 A.D.3d 533 (2020)

138 N.Y.S.3d 27

2020 NY Slip Op 07491

In the Matter of Caf Dowlah, Appellant, v. City University of New York et al., Respondents.

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

Decided December 15, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caf Dowlah, appellant pro se.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Barbara Graves-Poller of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Gische, González, Scarpulla, Mendez, JJ.


Pro se petitioner was a tenured associate professor of economics at respondent Queensborough Community College. After several "guidance" memoranda were placed in his personnel file concerning disrespectful written statements to coworkers, in 2015 a disciplinary proceeding was instituted against him for similar conduct. The arbitrator in that proceeding found that petitioner's conduct was unbecoming of a member of the college's...

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