MATTER OF SEKUL v. CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE

2019-01712. Index No. 53237/18.

195 A.D.3d 622 (2021)

149 N.Y.S.3d 508

2021 NY Slip Op 03458

In the Matter of Christopher Sekul, Petitioner, v. City of Poughkeepsie et al., Respondents.

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

Decided June 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tully Rinckey PLLC, New York, NY ( Allen A. Shoikhetbrod and Nicholas A. Devyatkin of counsel), for petitioner.

Drake Loeb PLLC, New Windsor, NY ( Nicholas A. Pascale of counsel), for respondents.

Mastro, J.P., Rivera, Brathwaite Nelson and Christopher, JJ., concur.


Adjudged that the determination is confirmed, the petition is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, with costs.

The petitioner was employed as a firefighter by the City of Poughkeepsie from approximately September 15, 2001, until his employment was terminated on June 15, 2018. On or about February 2, 2018, a notice of charges was filed against the petitioner, alleging that he had engaged in an act of insubordination when he failed to obey an order...

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