Opinion
June 28, 1978
Appeal from the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County, JOSEPH P. IMPERATO, J.
Allen G. Schwartz, Corporation Counsel (L. Kevin Sheridan and Renee Modry of counsel), for appellant.
Harold J. McLaughlin, respondent pro se.
MEMORANDUM.
Judgment reversed, without costs, and matter remanded to the court below for further proceedings.
The defendant correctly took into account, when computing plaintiff's pension, the withdrawal of funds made by plaintiff from the pension fund. Although it appears that such withdrawal was made with the consent of the Board of Estimate and the Mayor, the defendant is not estopped from subtracting the actuarial equivalent of the deficiency caused thereby from the amount due plaintiff (see 21 N.Y. Jur, Estoppel, Ratification and Waiver, § 83). However, as noted by this court on the prior appeal ( 96 Misc.2d 56), the delay in making payment to plaintiff was unreasonable in the absence of any explanation therefor. Consequently, the matter must be remanded to the court below for a determination of interest due for the period of unreasonable delay (see Post v New York City Employees' Retirement System, 41 A.D.2d 606).
Concur: BUSCHMANN, P.J., and MANGANO, J.; HIRSCH, J., taking no part.