De Deo v. McCall

—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 to change the retirement option of his deceased father.

Petitioner, in his capacity as administrator of the estate of his father (hereinafter decedent), challenges respondent Comptroller’s determination finding that decedent’s postdeath retirement benefits were properly payable to Loretta F. Barrows, also known as Loretta F. De Deo, as decedent’s last designated beneficiary inasmuch…