Pomakoy v. Lombardo

OPINION OF THE COURT

Yesawich Jr., J.

Petitioner was hired as a firefighter by respondent City of Albany in 1958. After being diagnosed with heart disease in 1968, he was given light duty assignments until he suffered a heart attack on November 29, 1984. It is not clear from the record why petitioner was assigned light duties. Petitioner claims that his heart disease was work related and that, although a formal determination awarding him General Municipal Law § 207-a benefits was not made, he in fact received his full salary during this period pursuant to section 207-a; he appears to suggest…