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Hearing officer suggests employee be permitted to retire rather than be terminated
Fire Dep't v. Maresca, OATH Index No. 2564/08

At the disciplinary hearing the firefighter admitted his cocaine use and offered evidence to establish that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

ALJ Joan Salzman recommended that the firefighter be terminated from employment, but that the Department consider allowing him to retire in accordance with the findings of its own expert medical review panel.

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on March 12, 2010 (boomark / email).