Medina v. New York State Department of Correctional Services

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (McNamara, J.), entered October 16, 2006 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Central Office Review Committee denying his grievance.

Petitioner, an inmate at Otisville Correctional Facility in Orange County, filed a grievance alleging that he. was improperly being denied the right to transfer to a facility that would offer him an opportunity to participate in a sex offender counseling program. After that grievance was denied and the denial was upheld…