Albany Police spokesman Steve Smith said his agency received a call on the Ryan incident from a NYSIF employee -— four hours after Ryan was sent home by his supervisor. The call, close to quitting time at the NYSIF, came too late for the department to interview Ryan, Smith said. He said the caller was concerned about "a person in crisis, or to check the welfare" of the man. "When we got there, the party was gone," he said — adding, "The party had a pistol permit." Smith said the matter was referred to the Niskayuna Police Department, which arrested Ryan under the state Mental Health Act.
Niskayuna Police Department Sgt. Dan McManus said he could not discuss the action taken by his department, mentioning privacy provisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. "I'm kind of restricted with regards to HIPPA," he said. "There were no crimes committed. His possession of a weapon was legal," McManus said. He said Ryan had a pistol permit for a Ruger model .380 semiautomatic revolver.
Ryan would not take a call to his Niskayuna residence, and his mother — who used to work at NYSIF — said the matter had been overblown. She would not give an interview. Co-workers said Ryan has been afflicted with chronic illnesses for years that have left him frail and have harmed his vision and ability to walk. The 34-year-old has the same address as his mother.

State officials would not say if possession of a weapon at work could result in loss of one's job.

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Of-sidearms-and-state-workers-4617826.php

Read the whole story what a bunch of BS  

State workers are definitely not allowed to wear guns to work. It doesn't matter if they are registered or whatever. They can't bring any kind of weaponat all to work. How is it they go through this crap each and every time as if it is new? It's like down at the legislature where they think they have to make up a new policy on sexual harrassment even though they've had laws and policies on the books for decades.
The insurance Fund is a home for patronage and I think that's why you get a lot of infighting and craziness because those kinds of people think that no rules apply to them.
Of course rules are selectively enforced at state agencies, I would like to see Cuomo's outrage that the civilian dufus, Hauer, runs around with a gun.
The police get a call too late to interview the guy, who is violating workplace rules, but not laws, how did they know to arrest him under the mental health act? If the guy had been out on some kind of mental health leave prior to this point, he must've been cleared by a doctor to return to work. If he showed up in defiance of doctor's orders and was told to leave, the police should have been called right then, if at all. Who made the decision that this was a violation of the Mental Health Act, if the police were not called by a supervisor? Are we going to see more arrests cloaked in HIPPA privacy? If it is private, why is it in the newspaper?