Briggs v. Town of Portland

—Judgment unanimously reversed on the law without costs and petition dismissed. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in granting the petition and ordering respondent to pay petitioner for her earned but unused sick leave and vacation time. “In general, a public employee whose employment has terminated may not recover the monetary value of unused vacation and sick time in the absence of statutory or contractual authority” (Grishman v City of New York, 183 AD2d 464, 465, lv denied 80 NY2d 760; see, Matter of Antonopoulou v Beame, 32 NY2d 126, 131). Petitioner has no contractual right to be…