Sheriff's Department v. State Division of Human Rights

Proceeding pursuant to Executive Law § 298 to review an order of the Commissioner of the New York State Division of Human Rights (hereinafter the division), dated August 1, 1985, which, after a hearing, found that the petitioner had discriminated against the respondent Withers on the basis of his prior arrest record by failing to hire him for the position of a mounted patrolman, and, inter alia, directed that the petitioner hire the respondent Withers for that position, with back pay, and awarded the respondent Withers $35,000, as compensatory damages for mental anguish and humiliation.

Adjudge…