Slayton v. New York State & Local Retirement System

—Crew III, 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 respondent Comptroller which denied petitioner’s applications for disability and performance of duty disability retirement benefits.

In 1997 petitioner, a formér correction officer, filed applications for disability retirement benefits (Retirement and Social Security Law § 507-a) and performance of duty disability retirement benefits (Retirement and Social Security Law § 507-b) alleging that he was permanently disabled as the…