IN THE MATTER OF VELAZQUEZ v. NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM


17 A.D.3d 833 (2005)

793 N.Y.S.2d 253

In the Matter of MIGUEL A. VELAZQUEZ, Petitioner, v. NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

April 14, 2005.


Kane, J.

Petitioner was employed as a police officer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for 22 years and sustained job-related injuries in 1982, 1987, 1994 and 1995. In February 1998, he filed applications for accidental and performance of duty disability retirement benefits claiming, among other things, a job-related back injury and asbestosis. At the conclusion of the hearing, which followed the initial denial of his applications, the Hearing Officer...

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