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HEARSAY CONSTITUTED SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE AND SUPPORTED THE ABUSE REPORT.

The Third Department determined hearsay evidence constituted substantial evidence and supported a finding that petitioner abused a resident of a facility operated by the Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). A statement from an eyewitness was the challenged hearsay:

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… [I]t is well established that, in an administrative hearing, hearsay is admissible and may support a finding of substantial evidence … Further, hearsay evidence “may, under appropriate circumstances, form the sole basis of an agency’s determination, unless the hearsay evidence is seriously controverted” … . Here, the corroborated description of the incident by the eyewitness was only controverted by petitioner’s denial that he punched the victim. Petitioner’s acknowledgment that he engaged in horseplay with the victim that morning, combined with his statements on two other occasions that he did not recall whether he punched the victim, presented credibility questions for the Justice Center to resolve … . Consequently, the Justice Center could view the corroborated description by the eyewitness as not seriously controverted and “sufficiently reliable” so as to constitute substantial evidence … . Matter of Cauthen v New York State Justice Ctr. for the Protection of People with Special Needs, 2017 NY Slip Op 05147, 3rd Dept 6-22-17

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