«This man should be released, all
charges dropped, and the mayor should give him the keys to the City,» Sen. Diane Savino (D - SI / Brooklyn) wrote
on Facebook,
linking to a Post front page last week about the Bronx cabby who killed career
criminal Earl Nash.
Stadlen J was unequivocal at para 84 of his judgment: «[I] n the absence of a problem in the witness giving evidence in person or by video
link, or some other exceptional circumstance, fairness requires that in disciplinary proceedings a person facing serious
charges, especially if they amount to
criminal offences which if proved are likely to have grave adverse effects
on his or her reputation and career, should in principle be entitled by cross-examination to test the evidence of his accuser (s) where that evidence is the sole or decisive evidence relied
on against him.»