Ordered that the order and judgment is vacated, on the law, without costs or disbursements; and it is further,
Adjudged that the determination is confirmed, the petition is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.
Having determined that the petition raises a substantial evidence question and that disposition of the remaining issues raised in the petition could not have resulted in termination of the proceeding, the Supreme Court should have transferred the entire proceeding to this Court (see CPLR 7804 [g]; Matter of Al Turi Landfill v New York State Dept. of Envtl. Conservation, 289 AD2d 231 [2001], affd 98 NY2d 758 [2002]; Matter of Sureway Towing, Inc. v Martinez, 8 AD3d 490 [2004]; Matter of Duso v Kralik, 216 AD2d 297 [1995]). Nevertheless, since the record is now before us, we will treat the proceeding as if it had been properly transferred in its entirety, and review the matter de novo (see Matter of Sureway Towing, Inc. v Martinez, supra; Matter of Duso v Kralik, supra).
The petitioner was absent from work in excess of one year
The respondents satisfied the requirements of due process by providing the petitioner with pretermination “notice and some opportunity to respond” (Matter of Prue v Hunt, 78 NY2d 364, 369-370 [1991]), on the issues of “whether [she] was absent for one year or more and whether [she] is able to return to [her] position” (id. at 370), as well as a post-termination hearing to resolve those issues (see Matter of Hurwitz v Perales, 81 NY2d 182, 187 [1993], cert denied 510 US 992 [1993]; Matter of Fallon v Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Auth., 259 AD2d 377, 378 [1999]; Matter of Gaines v New York State Div. for Youth, 213 AD2d 894, 896 [1995]).
There is no merit to the petitioner’s argument that due process required that she be notified at the time her leave commenced that her employment could be terminated if she did not return to work within one year. The regulations adopted pursuant to Civil Service Law § 71 upon which the petitioner relies, which require that such notice be given to employees who have suffered an occupational disability and have been awarded workers’ compensation benefits (see 4 NYCRR 5.9; Matter of La Joie v County of Niagara, 239 AD2d 908 [1997]), do not apply to the termination of the petitioner’s employment pursuant to Civil Service Law § 73.
The petitioner’s claim that her employment was terminated in violation of the Human Rights Law is also without merit. Construing that law in congruity with the Americans with Disabilities Act (see McGrath v Toys “R” Us, Inc., 3 NY3d 421, 429 [2004]; Rainer N. Mittl, Ophthalmologist, P.C. v New York State Div. of Human Rights, 100 NY2d 326, 330 [2003]), the requirement that the employer make reasonable accommodations to
