Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
"A probationary employee may be discharged without a hearing and without a statement of reason in the absence of any demonstration that the dismissal was for a constitutionally-impermissible purpose or in violation of statutory or decisional law" ( Walsh v New York State Thruway Auth., 24 AD3d 755, 757; see Matter of Montero v Lum, 68 NY2d 253, 257-258; Matter of York v McGuire, 63 NY2d 760, 761; Matter of Rossetti-Boerner v Hampton Bays Union Free School Dist., 1 AD3d 367, 368). Here, contrary to the petitioner's contention, he was not entitled to the procedural protections of Civil Service Law § 75 insofar as he was removed from his appointed position prior to his satisfactory completion of a one-year probationary period ( see City Univ of NY Personnel Rules Regulations §§ 5.4.1, 5.4.2).
Further, we agree with the Supreme Court that the petitioner failed to meet his burden of showing that he was terminated "for a constitutionally-impermissible purpose or in violation of statutory or decisional law" (see Walsh v New York State Thruway Auth., supra at 757). The petitioner's speculative allegations of retaliatory conduct on the part of the respondents were insufficient to meet this burden ( see Walsh v New York State Thruway Auth., supra; Matter of Rossetti-Boerner v Hampton Bays Union Free School Dist., supra at 368).