Sullivan v. Board of Estimate & Apportionment

Petitioner has brought a certiorari proceeding to review the determination of the board of estimate and apportionment of the city of New York denying the petitioner’s application for disability retirement as a member of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System. The application for retirement was made by the petitioner on the ground of disability which he claims was the result of injury during the course of his employment. The medical board of the City Employees’ Retirement System denied his application on the ground that his disability was the result of a chronic ailment and not of an…