Perez v. New York State Human Rights Appeal Board

Herlihy, J. (concurring).

The issue is not necessarily the inclusion or exclusion of youthful offenders from the class of convicts entitled to the benefits of the Human Rights Law.

It is apparent that subdivision 15 of section 296 was added to the Human Rights Law to provide a forum and/or mechanism for the enforcement of the rights and privileges conferred on persons convicted of criminal offenses by article 23-A of the Correction Law enacted at the same time as the said subdivision 15. (See L 1976, ch 931, §§ 5, 6; cf. Correction Law, § 755.) In the case of discrimination by public employers…