Phillips v. City of New York

Andelas, J.E (dissenting).

Because the majority’s examination of the “reasonable accommodation” provisions of the State and City Human Rights Laws ignores binding precedent in this and numerous other courts, including the Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court, and relies instead upon dicta in this Court’s majority opinion in Williams v New York City Hous. Auth. (61 AD3d 62 [2009]), I dissent and would affirm the dismissal of petitioner’s CPLR article 78 proceeding.

The facts are fairly stated by the majority and are not in dispute. Briefly, the record establishes that petitioner*…