NYC BUREAUCRATS FIRE EMPLOYEE WHO DIED 8 M0NTHS AGO

The Human Resources Administration for the City of New York asks an administrative judge to approve firing a city employee who died in 2014

NYC Medicaid-eligibility specialist Geoffrey Toliver was on the job until November 12, 2013 when he became ill with cancer. On December 8, 2014, Toliver died at the age of 65 after a long period of hospitalization. Family members insist they kept his supervisor advised of Toliver’s health problems and they posted his obituary online.

On Friday the city’s Human Resources Administration (HRA) went before an administrative judge to obtain his approval for the firing of Toliver on the grounds that he had gone AWOL for 18 months. Since Toliver did not appear at the hearing, the judge approved the firing.

HRA claims they sent Toliver several certified letters during his absence of 18 months and that none of the letters were answered. Toliver was not paid during his absence.

And how much did Toliver, the father of three, earn as a Medicaid-eligibility specialist? $38,000. Holy shit, you cannot exist on $38,000 a year in NYC unless you live in a rat hole.

If the family kept Toliver’s supervisor advised, then he screwed up by not informing his superiors, if indeed he did not do so. Someone sure screwed up … you cannot fire a dead man! Ah, but that’s the way it goes with bureaucrats.