Hangach 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 accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner, a police officer, applied for accidental disability retirement benefits alleging that a number of work-related incidents had rendered him physically unable to perform his duties. He sought a hearing and redetermination after the application was denied, and limited his contentions to a 2007 incident wherein he was injured while restraining…