Leach v. New York State Comptroller

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 Comptroller which denied petitioner’s applications for accidental disability and performance of duty disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner applied for both accidental disability and performance of duty disability retirement benefits alleging that he was permanently disabled as a result of injuries he sustained to his neck and back in 2003 during an accident that occurred while he was employed as a police officer. The…