Blaich v. Scoppetta

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis B. York, J.), entered January 27, 2004, which denied petitioner’s application to annul respondent Fire Department’s determination that petitioner’s prior service in respondent Folice Department cannot be counted as service in the Fire Department for purposes of pension, salary and other personnel benefits, and dismissed the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner’s interpretation of Administrative Code of the City of New York § 15-111 (a) (1) misconstrues the word “im*270mediately,” modifying the word “prior,” found in the statute,…