Strommer v. New York State & Local Police & Fire Retirement System

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Comptroller denying petitioner’s applications for enhanced and accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner was enrolled at the State Police Academy in 1989 when he sustained severe head trauma as the result of an off-duty motor vehicle accident. Ultimately, he returned to the academy and graduated in 1994. In 2004, petitioner’s employer filed an application on behalf of petitioner for disability retirement benefits alleging that…