Roberts v. Murphy

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Kaye.

This appeal asks us to determine whether Tier IV emergency *643medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who file for performance-of-duty disability retirement benefits pursuant to Retirement and Social Security Law § 607-b are entitled to review of their application by a Special Medical Committee pursuant to Retirement and Social Security Law § 605 (e). We conclude that they are not.

Petitioners are Tier IV EMTs who were injured on the job and whose applications for disability retirement benefits were reviewed—and denied—by the New…