Ciaprazi v. Goord

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (McNamara, J.), entered April 18, 2007 in Albany County, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to annul a determination of respondent Dep*1271uty Commissioner of Correctional Services denying petitioner’s request to be transferred to Romania.

Petitioner, while an inmate at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester County, requested transfer to Romania for the remainder of his sentence under the authority conferred upon respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services pursuant to Correction Law § 71 (1-b)…