Peterson 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 applications for accidental and performance of duty disability retirement benefits.

During the course of his employment as a police officer for the City of Rye in Westchester County, petitioner sustained four job-related injuries. Following the third such injury in February 1993, petitioner applied for accidental disability retirement benefits and performance of duty disability retire*949ment…