Merritt v. Ithaca City School District

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Relihan, Jr., J.), entered June 11, 1997 in Tompkins County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent denying petitioner’s request for retroactive membership in the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System.

Between September 1972 and May 1973, petitioner was employed by respondent as a substitute teacher. She obtained a full-time probationary teaching position during the 1973-1974 school year at which time she became a member of the New York State Teachers’…