Legal Opinion
Wecker v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 8, 2015No. 16350 106895/10PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Margaret A. Chan, J.), entered May 22, 2014, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The record belies plaintiff’s claim that defendants failed to reasonably accommodate his medical disabilities (see Adminis trative Code of City of NY § 8-107 [4] [a]; [15] [a]). The evidence shows that defendant Department of Homeless Services (DHS), and one of its outreach programs in Staten Island, initially offered plaintiff numerous options for transitional housing with elevators which would…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Bennett v. Health Management Systems, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Jacobsen v. New York City Health & Hospital Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 2014
- Phillips v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Fruchtman v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
3Cited by4 opinions
- Benzinger v. Nysarc, Inc.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 2019
- Kwong v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022
- Graham v. New York State Office of Mental HealthAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- Benzinger v. NYSARC, Inc., New York City ChapterDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2019