Michael Burel & N.Y. State Corr. S & Police Benevolent Ass'n v. N.Y. State Office of Mental Health

Full title: IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL BUREL AND NEW YORK STATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

Date published: Mar 16, 2018

2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 1809 (N.Y. App. Div. 2018)

Opinion

376 CA 17-01442

03-16-2018

IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL BUREL AND NEW YORK STATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC., PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, v. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, ANN MARIE T. SULLIVAN, M.D., COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, J. LYNN HEATH, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT OF NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND PHILIP GRIFFIN, ACTING INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ROCHESTER PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

LIPPES, MATHIAS, WEXLER & FRIEDMAN LLP, ALBANY (GREGORY T. MYERS OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS. ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (LAURA ETLINGER OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

CENTRA, J.P., CARNI, DEJOSEPH, TROUTMAN, AND WINSLOW, JJ.

PRESENT:

LIPPES, MATHIAS, WEXLER & FRIEDMAN LLP, ALBANY (GREGORY T. MYERS OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS.

ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (LAURA ETLINGER OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (William K. Taylor, J.), entered March 23, 2017 in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78. The judgment, inter alia, dismissed the petition.

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Entered: March 16, 2018

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court