MATTER OF VERMA v. DEPARTMENT OF EDUC. OF THE CITY OF N.Y.

Index No. 152674/19. Appeal No. 13427. Case No. 2020-03840.

192 A.D.3d 616 (2021)

2021 NY Slip Op 01879

In the Matter of Yuvraj Verma, Appellant, v. Department of Education of the City of New York et al., Respondents.

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

Decided March 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart Lee Karlin Law Group P.C., New York ( Daniel Edward Dugan of counsel), for appellant.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Anna Gottlieb of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Mazzarelli, Singh, González, JJ.


"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" (Matter of Childs v Board of Educ. of the City Sch. Dist. of the City of N.Y., 176 A.D.3d 560, 560 [1st Dept 2019]). Here, the record shows that petitioner's dismissal was made in good faith, and was based on his declining performance evaluations and incidents of disciplinary misconduct. Petitioner's assertion that...

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