Washer v. New York State & Local Retirement Systems

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 respondent Comptroller which denied petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner contends that she worked as an assistant planner for Oswego County from 1972 until May 15, 1989, at which time she left her job as a result of a claimed accident from exposure to toxic chemicals at her place of employment. The record indicates that petitioner’s duties included making *778maps, working with photographic enlargements…