Opinion
April 25, 1997
Present — Pine, J.P., Callahan, Doerr and Boehm, JJ.
Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: In this CPLR article 78 proceeding, petitioner, a former Airport Crash Rescue Worker employed by respondent, seeks an order directing respondent to pay his salary and medical expenses pursuant to General Municipal Law § 207-a. Because petitioner was not a member of an organized fire company or fire department within the meaning of the statute, Supreme Court properly dismissed the petition ( see, Robbins v. County of Broome, 87 N.Y.2d 831; see also, Matter of Syracuse Hancock Professional Firefighters Assn. v. Newman, 110 A.D.2d 256, lv denied 67 N.Y.2d 605). (Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Tormey, III, J. — CPLR art 78.)