Freeman v. New York State Division of Human Rights

In a proceeding pursuant to Executive Law § 298 to review a determination of the New York State Division of Human Rights dated August 7, 2006, which dismissed the petitioner’s complaint upon a finding that there was no probable cause to believe that Nortel Networks, Inc., engaged in an unlawful discriminatory practice relating to the petitioner’s employment, Nortel Networks, Inc., appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Pines, J.), dated February 28, 2007, which denied its motion to dismiss the petition on the ground that the proceeding was barred by a release executed by…