Confreda 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 application for accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner was a police officer employed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. In January 2005, petitioner was injured when he slipped and fell on snow and ice that had accumulated on a wooden plank that had been laid down between the sidewalk and the street in front of his command post. Petitioner applied for accidental…