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2008 NY Slip Op 10090
IN THE MATTER OF JASON W. LONGTON JR., Petitioner,
v.
VILLAGE OF CORINTH et al., Respondents, et al., Respondents.
504768.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.
Decided and Entered: December 24, 2008.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Saratoga County) to review a determination of respondent Village of Corinth Board of Trustees which terminated petitioner's employment as a police officer.
Gleason, Dunn, Walsh & O'Shea, Albany (Ronald D. Dunn of counsel), for petitioner.
Shantz & Belkin, Latham (Randolph Belkin of counsel), for Village of Corinth and others, respondents.
Before: Cardona, P.J., Carpinello, Lahtinen, Kane and Malone Jr., JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT
LAHTINEN, J.
Petitioner began working in 2003 as a police officer for the Village of Corinth, Saratoga County. In 2004, he was suspended and charged pursuant to Civil Service Law § 75 with violating various department rules. The most serious charge involved alleged misconduct and insubordination when he continued to secretly investigate an individual after being given...