Earlier this year, we posted a blog about four former NYPD officers who were suing the Department over terminations after receiving false positives from the highly debated new method of hair drug testing. Click here to read the original blog.

In January 2005, the New York City Police Department announced that it would be using

Matter of Peter Peltonen v Nicholas Scoppetta, Fire Commissiner of the City of New York, the Fire Department of the City of New York and The City of New York

Petitioner commenced this Article 78 appeal to annul the determination of Respondents terminating Petitioner’s employment as an FDNY fire fighter due to cocaine usage. Commissioner

At least four former NYPD officers are currently suing the Department over their termination after receiving false positives from hair drug testing. One of these individuals is Roxann Hayes, a former NYPD Detective who tested positive for cocaine in a hair drug test. NYPD’s zero-tolerance drug policy resulted in Ms. Hayes losing her job and

Reinhard v City of New York

Petitioner, Christopher Reinhard, brought about petition to appeal the decision terminating him from the FDNY for illegal drug use. Petitioner argued that he was denied due process because the disciplinary hearing was conducted in his absence. The Court made multiple attempts to contact petitioner at his home address, through

Gilliam v. New York City Department of Sanitation

Index No. 1664/08

Charles Gilliam, Petitioner, moves, by order to show cause, to withdraw his resignation from the New York City Department of Sanitation, Respondents.

 Mr. Gilliam while a uniformed sanitation worker, tested positive for cocaine in June 2007. Accordingly, he was suspended and sent to a