Steele v. City of Buffalo Department of Community Development

Appeal unanimously dismissed, without costs. Memorandum: Petitioner was hired as assistant director of intervenor-appellant, Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc., a nonprofit agency having a contract with the City of Buffalo and funded by the city primarily through Federal Community Development Block grants. A term in the contract between the city and the agency requires that staff vacancies be filled with city residents. The contract makes provision, however, for a waiver of the residency requirement in the sole discretion of respondent commissioner. Petitioner appeals from a dismissal…