Carro v. City of New York

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered March 18, 1994, after a nonjury trial, dismissing the complaint in an action seeking damages for unlawful disability discrimination, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The award of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff on her cause of action for unlawful disability discrimination did not *451entitle her to an award of back pay or other retroactive benefits. Because of the strong State policy underlying the broad hiring discretion vested in defendant City and its appointing authorities under Civil Service Law § 61, plaintiff…