Close v. New York State Division of Human Rights

Proceeding pursuant to Executive Law § 298 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent State Division of Human Rights which, inter alia, awarded petitioner hack pay on his complaint against the State of New York and respondent Department of Environmental Conservation for discriminatory hiring practices.

Petitioner was employed in the title of Solid Waste Specialist II (grade 23) at respondent Department of Environmental Conservation (hereinafter the employer) and applied for a promotion to the provisional position…