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March 2010

Matter of Tracy Wolak v Thomas DiNapoli, as State Comptroller

This Article 78 proceeding was brought about to review a determination of the Comptroller denying petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits. Petitioner began working as a police officer for the Pelham Manor Police Department in 1990. Two years later, she was assigned to the…

Matter of Enide St. Lois v New York City Employees’ Retirement System and the City of New York

In this Article 78 case, petitioner, a 42-year-old pediatric Registered Nurse, sought a judgment annulling the Board of Trustees (Pension Board) for New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS) which denied her application for disability retirement. Petitioner…

Matter of Idella Abram v New York State Division of Human Rights, City of Buffalo and Buffalo State Police Department

Petitioner brought about this Article 78 proceeding to annul a determination of the New York State Division of Human Rights (Division) which ruled that she failed to establish that respondents discriminated against her based on…

Develop Don’t Destroy, Inc. and Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (Brooklyn), Inc. v Empire State Development Corporation and Forest City Ratner Companies, LLC

In these Article 78 proceedings, petitioners are challenging a modified general project plan for the Atlantic Yards Project in Brooklyn, a massive, publicly subsidized, mixed-use development project which will include an 18,000…

Matter of Albert D’Agostino v Thomas DiNapoli, as State Comptroller

Petitioner in this Article 78 case is an attorney who worked part time as counsel for several municipalities and school districts in addition to maintaining a private law practice. In 2000, he retired from municipal service and began receiving public retirement funds. In April of…