Steinmann v. Hevesi

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 which denied petitioner’s applications for accidental and performance of duty disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner began working as a police officer for the Village of Spring Valley Police Department in Rockland County in 1977. In 2001, he filed applications for accidental and performance of duty disability retirement benefits alleging that he was permanently incapacitated from performing his employment duties due to…