Barbee v. Office of Vocational & Educational Services

—Mercure, J. P.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondents which denied petitioner’s request for sponsorship in a vocational education program.

Petitioner, a resident of the City of Mount Vernon, Westchester County, is severely learning disabled. She has been a consumer of respondent Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (hereinafter VESID) since 1989. Because she felt that her prior training for a position as a cafeteria cashier was…