Shay v. City of Elmira

Proceeding initiated in this court pursuant to Executive Law § 298 to review a determination of the State Division of Human Rights, dated October 26, 1983, which dismissed petitioner’s complaint of an unlawful discriminatory practice relating to employment.

*969This 58-year-old. petitioner began his employment with the City of Elmira as a fire fighter on April 1, 1950 and has been a lieutenant in the city’s fire department since 1973. On April 20, 1983, petitioner filed a complaint with the State Division of Human Rights charging the city with an unlawful discriminatory practice based on his age,…