House v. New York State Office of Mental Health

Cross appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Connor, J.), entered April 15, 1998 in Albany County, which, inter alia, dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondents terminating petitioner from her employment.

From August 1987 to June 1997, petitioner worked in the civil service position of keyboard specialist at respondent Richard H. Hutchings Psychiatric Center in Onondaga County. She suffered a work-related injury in December 1991, which caused her to be frequently absent from work. By letter dated April 9,…