Hassig v. New York State Department of Health

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Cannizzaro, J.), entered December 2, 2002 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition.

Petitioner commenced this proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 seeking to compel respondent Department of Health to “commence the development and implementation of a breast cancer prevention program, which meets the approval of Cancer Action NY,” an organization founded by petitioner. Specifically, petitioner sought to compel the Department to educate women residing within certain zip…