Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 2, 2001 (Crook v. Village of East Hills)

—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent Village of East Hills, dated August 20, 1999, terminating the petitioner’s employment as a motor equipment operator in the Department of Sanitation, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Lally, J.