McDermott v. New York State Office of Mental Health

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Torraca, J.), entered December 15, 1992 in Albany County, which granted petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to annul a determination of respondents, inter alia, terminating the employment of certain petitioners.

In June 1991, as part of a work force reduction resulting from the deinstitutionalization of mentally ill and mentally retarded patients, respondents State Office of Mental Health (hereinafter OMH) and State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (hereinafter OMRDD) terminated the…