Wood v. Gambino

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Canfield, J.), entered March 31, 1994 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the State Civil Service Commission dismissing petitioner’s appeals regarding an employment position.

Petitioner was employed by the Department of Health as a Research Scientist V until 1989 when the position was abolished and he was laid off. In June 1989, the Division of Substance Abuse Services (now the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, hereinafter Substance…