Brown v. North Syracuse Central School Dist.
| Decision Date | 10 December 1976 |
| Citation | 390 N.Y.S.2d 284,55 A.D.2d 813 |
| Parties | Application of Clarabelle Zerrillo BROWN, Petitioner, v. NORTH SYRACUSE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT and Paul J. Kleiber, Assistant Superintendent for Funds and Facilities, Respondents. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Earl P. Boyle, Syracuse, for petitioner.
Costello, Cooney & Fearon, Raymond D'Agostino, Syracuse, for respondents.
Before MARSH, P.J., and MOULE, CARDAMONE, SIMONS and GOLDMAN, JJ.
Petitioner commenced an Article 78 proceeding in which she sought to set aside the decision of respondent, North Syracuse Central School District, which discharged her from her position as a school bus driver. She contends that the decision to discharge her is arbitrary since (1) respondent failed to comply with the statutorily mandated termination procedures set forth in section 75 of the Civil Service Law and (2) the record did not contain substantial evidence to support the charge against her. Respondent moved for leave to serve its supplemental answer in which it alleges, as a complete defense to petitioner's proceeding, that she is not entitled to the protections mandated by section 75. Special Term denied respondent's motion and transferred the proceedings to this court pursuant to CPLR 7804, subd. (g).
The instant Article 78 proceeding was instituted to review an administrative determination not resting on a hearing mandated by law and, therefore, Special Term should have determined the matter (Matter of 125 Bar Corp. v. State Liq. Auth. of State of N.Y., 24 N.Y.2d 174, 180, 299 N.Y.S.2d 194, 199, 247 N.E.2d 157, 160). We may, however, consider the matter and determine it on the merits (CPLR 7804 subd. (g); Matter of Willow Garden Apts. v. Riker, 36 A.D.2d 892, 320 N.Y.S.2d 148).
The record discloses that petitioner was afforded a full hearing in which she was represented by counsel and had the opportunity to confront and cross-examine the witnesses against her. Petitioner, a school bus driver, was not a member of the classified civil service entitled to a hearing pursuant to section 75 of the Civil Service Law. The fact that she was offered and granted a pre-termination hearing which substantially afforded her the protections of that statute should not now serve as the basis for a valid complaint on her part that the hearing was not in technical compliance with the statute (Matter of Greenfield v. Moses, 169 Misc. 389, 391, 7 N.Y.S.2d 356, 358, affd. 257...
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