MATTER OF AHMED v. O'NEILL

Index No. 100202/19. Appeal No. 14365. Case No. 2020-01018.

198 A.D.3d 471 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 590

2021 NY Slip Op 05620

In the Matter of Zeeshan Ahmed, Appellant, v. James P. O'Neill, As Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided October 14, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of John A. Scola PLLC, New York ( John A. Scola of counsel), for appellant.

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Ellen Ravitch of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Moulton, González, Kennedy, Scarpulla, JJ.


It is well settled that "[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 Verma v Department of Educ. of the City of N.Y., 192 A.D.3d 616, 616 [1st Dept 2021]; see Matter of Mendez v New York City Dept. of Educ., 28 N.Y.3d 993, 994 [2016]; Matter of York v McGuire, 63 N.Y.2d 760

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