Semaan v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Hanifin, J.), entered March 30, 1992, which granted the State’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the claim.

Prior to July 18, 1990, Executive Law § 296 (3-a) (f) provided that the Human Rights Law did not prevent the compulsory retirement of an employee who had attained the age of 70 and was serving under a contract for unlimited tenure at an institution of higher education.* The Board of Trustees of the State University of New York at Binghamton (hereinafter SUNY-B) had a policy which required that tenured members of the academic staff…