A settlement of a disciplinary action should be memorialize in writingWinkler v Kingston Housing Auth., 259 AD2d 819A public employee who faces disciplinary charges may enter into a settlement agreement that disposes the charges, so long as the waiver is knowingly and intelligently undertaken and serves as the consideration for the curtailment of pending disciplinary proceedings [see Whitehead v State of New York Department of Mental Hygiene, 71 AD2d 653]. [read post]