MATTER OF LEON v. MEEHAN

Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs or disbursements, determination confirmed and proceeding dismissed on the merits.

It is a well-settled proposition that the employment of a probationary employee may be terminated "without a hearing and without specific reasons being stated and, in the absence of bad faith, the determination must be upheld ( Matter of Talamo v Murphy, 38 N.Y.2d 637; Matter of Sargeant v. Director, Brooklyn Developmental Center, 84 A.D.2d 843, affd 56 N.Y.2d 628; Matter of Sachs v. Board of Educ., 71 A.D.2d 898 [ affd 50 N.Y.2d 830]" ( Matter of Ostoyich v. State of New York, 99 A.D.2d 839).

In the absence of an allegation in the petition that the Chief of Police created and disseminated a false and defamatory impression about petitioner in connection with his termination, petitioner is not entitled to a name-clearing hearing ( Matter of Bergamini v. Manhattan Bronx Surface Tr. Operating Auth., 62 N.Y.2d 897). Mangano, J.P., Brown, O'Connor and Weinstein, JJ., concur.