Matter of Cumberland v. Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Zwack, J.), entered January 23, 2014 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to compel respondent to install televisions and/or radio jacks at Greenhaven Correctional Facility.

Petitioner, an inmate at Greenhaven Correctional Facility, submitted a grievance requesting that televisions and/or radio jacks be installed in each cell. Following the Central Office Review Committee’s denial of his grievance, petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking to compel respondent to…