Wartko v. New York State Teachers' Retirement System

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Ceresia Jr., J.), entered March 29, 2013 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent New York State Teachers’ Retirement System excluding certain payments in its calculation of the amount of petitioner’s final average salary.

Petitioner, a former teacher in the Buffalo City School District, applied for, but was denied, a coaching position for the 2004-2005 school year, resulting in the filing of a grievance by petitioner’s union, the Buffalo…