Wise v. Jennings

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (McNamara, J.), entered May 17, 2001 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to, inter alia, prohibit respondent City of Albany from deducting certain amounts from the supplemental income benefits paid to petitioner.

Petitioner is a retired City of Albany firefighter and is President of the Albany Permanent Professional Firefighters Retirees’ Association (hereinafter the Association). For purposes of this proceeding, the Association represents 65 retired city firefighters who have been…