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ALTHOUGH THE PETITIONER, COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, WAS PROPERLY TERMINATED FROM HER EMPLOYMENT FOR OTHER REASONS, THE FACT THAT SHE TESTIFIED IN FAMILY COURT ABOUT THE PROPER PLACEMENT OF A JUVENILE WHICH WAS NOT AS SEVERE AS THE PLACEMENT ADVOCATED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT DID NOT CONSTITUTE A BREACH OF LOYALTY (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, in this Article 78 action, affirmed the county’s decision to terminate the employment of petitioner, who was Commissioner of Social Services for the county. The allegations of misconduct are too detailed to be summarized here. But the Third Department noted that the fact that the petitioner disagreed with the county attorney and the probation department about the appropriate placement of a juvenile, and so testified in Family Court, was not actionable misconduct:

… [P]etitioner, the Director of Probation and the County Attorney each had defined statutory roles in the Family Court proceeding … . That petitioner opted to promote a less stringent measure than her counterparts does not, as charged by respondents, constitute a breach of loyalty owed to either the County Attorney or the Director of Probation, or vice versa. … [T]o the extent that the Board relied, at all, on the Hearing Officer’s findings with respect to [the relevant] charge … , its determination is not supported by substantial evidence. It therefore follows that so much of the Board’s determination as sustained said specifications are annulled. Matter of Scuderi-Hunter v County of Del., 2022 NY Slip Op 01078, Third Dept 2-17-22

 

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