New York Public Personnel Law

Summaries of, and commentaries on, selected court and administrative decisions and related matters affecting public employers and employees in New York State in particular and possibly in other jurisdictions in general.

Feb 6, 2026

Applicant for performance of duty disability retirement benefits bears the burden of demonstrating the disability resulted from an injury sustained in service

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In March 2014, Petitioner, a police sergeant, filed an application for performance of duty disability retirement benefits alleging that he w...
Feb 5, 2026

Determining if the disciplinary penalty imposed on the employee shocks the court's sense of fairness

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A tenured New York City school teacher [Educator] employed by the New York City Department of Education [DOE] challenged her being terminate...
Feb 4, 2026

Agency's timely response defeats plaintiff's claim that his Freedom of Information request was constructively denied

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The New York City Department of Social Services [Department] denied Plaintiff's [Petitioner] administrative appeal challenging the denia...
Feb 3, 2026

The failure to raise a raise a public policy argument in the party's answer without good cause bars appellate review of the issue

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An employee organization [Union] representing certain employee of a Board of Education [Petitioner] for the purposed collective bargaining p...
Feb 2, 2026

New York State Comptroller posted audits of New York State agencies, municipalities and school district on the Internet

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On January 30, 2026 New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced the following audits were posted on the Internet. Click on the ...
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