Monk 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 the Comptroller which denied petitioner’s application for disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner, a mental hygiene therapy aide, applied for disability retirement benefits pursuant to Retirement and Social Security Law article 15, claiming that she was permanently disabled due to back and knee injuries suffered in a nonworkrelated fall. Petitioner’s application was initially denied and, following a hearing and redetermination, a Hearing…