Legal Opinion
City of New York v. New York State Division of Human Rights
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 29, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Milonas, J.
The events culminating in this CPLR article 78 proceeding began 25 years ago, in 1973, when respondent Eddie Ricks took and passed Civil Service Examination No. 3090 for the title of sanitation worker in the Department of Sanitation (DOS). In January 1979, those candidates who had passed Exam No. 3090 were placed on an eligible list for appointment subject to passing a medical examination. In May 1983, following such an exam, Ricks was found medically disqualified because he had spina bifida, a condition that, under the medical standards then followed by the…
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