Court hearing not available when claims that the appointing authority acted in bad faith are ”conclusory and speculative”
Matter of Swindell v Antonelli, 2010 NY Slip Op 08346, Decided on November 16, 2010, Appellate Division, First Department
Tajiri Swindell, an employee of the NYC Department of Corrections, was on the promotion list for Captain. When Swindell not appointed as Captain, she initiated an Article 78 action alleging that the decision not to promote her to captain was made in bad faith.
Supreme Court temporarily restrained Department of Correction from making appointments from the new list pending a court hearing.
The Appellate Division vacated the lower court’s order and dismissed Swindell’s petition.
The court said that the Department’s decision, in the light of “the open confidential investigation,” not to promote Swindell was “rational, reasonable, and made in good faith.”
Swindell’s claims of bad faith, said the court, were conclusory and speculative and thus she was not entitled to a judicial review of her claims.
The decision is posted on the Internet at:
http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2010/2010_08346.htm
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