Griffin v. DiNapoli

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 applications for performance of duty and accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner applied for accidental and performance of duty disability retirement benefits stemming from, among other things, back injuries he sustained in a 2001 automobile accident. Following the initial denial of the applications, a hearing and redetermination was requested. At the hearing, the New York State and…