Hammond-Timpano v. New York State & Local Retirement System

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 petitioner’s application for disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner, a stenographer for the Utica City School District, was exposed to fireproofing materials twice during the summer of 1992 when the school building she was working in was under construction. She sought medical attention for numerous physical ailments—including difficulty breathing, burning in her eyes and mouth and swelling in her hands—on both…