Ellithorpe v. City of Syracuse

—Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: In this CPLR article 78 proceeding, petitioner, a former Airport Crash Rescue Worker employed by respondent, seeks an order directing respondent to pay his salary and medical expenses pursuant to General Municipal Law § 207-a. Because petitioner was not a member of an organized fire company or fire department within the meaning of the statute, Supreme Court properly *936dismissed the petition (see, Robbins v County of Broome, 87 NY2d 831; see also, Matter of Syracuse Hancock Professional Firefighters Assn. v Newman, 110 AD2d 256, lv denied…