Hyland v. New York State Comptroller

McCarthy, J.P.

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, a police officer, applied for accidental disability retirement benefits alleging that he was permanently incapacitated as a result of an incident that occurred while he was disposing of property at a landfill. A hearing ensued, at the conclusion of which the Hearing Officer denied petitioner’s application for…