De Gregorio ex rel. De Gregorio v. New York State & Local Employees' Retirement Systems

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 the Comptroller which denied the application of petitioner’s husband for accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner’s husband, Vincent De Gregorio, who worked as a laborer for a municipal employer, filed an application for accidental disability retirement benefits based upon injuries allegedly sustained in accidents at work in September 1982 and December 1993. After the application was initially denied, De Gregorio requested a…