Williams v. New York State Policemen's & Firemen's Retirement System

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR *937article 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 performance of duty disability retirement benefits.

On August 6, 1979, petitioner slipped and fell on some stairs while on duty as a police officer for the City of Yonkers in Westchester County. After the accident, petitioner began to experience back pain and subsequently became incapacitated from performing the duties of a police officer. He then filed for disability retirement…