Alvarez v. Goord

—Crew III, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (LaBuda, J.), entered April 8, 2000 in Sullivan County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Central Office Review Committee denying petitioner’s grievance.

When petitioner’s request to participate in the Family Reunion Program (hereinafter the FRP) was denied, he filed a grievance pursuant to the Inmate Grievance Program. Petitioner pursued an administrative appeal from the initial denial of his grievance and, when that appeal was unsuccessful, he…