Acevedo v. Fire Department

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lucy Billings, J.

Petitioner seeks a reversal of his medical and psychological disqualification by respondents from service as a New York City firefighter. Respondents based the disqualification largely on petitioner’s traumatic brain injury and ensuing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that petitioner incurred in the United States Marine Corps while deployed in Iraq over a decade ago and that are incurable conditions. While petitioner also suffered major depressive disorder in the aftermath of his brain injury, respondents do not place significant reliance on this past…