Bautista v. DiNapoli

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 respondent which denied petitioner’s application for ordinary disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner, a maintenance worker at New Rochelle High School in Westchester County, sustained various injuries in multiple incidents that occurred between 1994 and 2001. She ceased working in May 2001 and applied for ordinary disability retirement benefits shortly thereafter. Respondent ultimately denied her application on the ground that petitioner…