Burke v. New York State Comptroller

—Peters, J.

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 respondent Comptroller which denied petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner, who was injured when she slipped and fell at her place of employment while walking on a floor which she described as highly waxed and slippery, contends that respondent Comptroller erred in concluding that she did not sustain an accident within the meaning of Retirement and Social Security Law § 63. An accident is a…